Post reconquista (Christian): chapel building N. Senhora da Assunção. With the reconquest, domestic spaces have undergone the necessary changes and modifications, according to the uses and customs of a new culture. The construction of the chapel of Our Lady of the Castle or the Assumption, now in ruins, it stands out clearly from the other buildings. It is, as is evident from a building already the Christian medieval period, although undergone several changes over time, it is believed that in the eighteenth century, as present the current configuration.

In addition to the architectural structures, of which stands the castle itself, in the archaeological works also emerged, a vast collection with various timelines. Part of this estate is integrated in the exhibition of the Municipal Museum Archeology Albufeira.

The pieces on display from the Castle of Paderne, are divided into three different times. The transition between the Islamic and the Christian medieval period, the third part are presented the Modern Age.

Igreja Matriz de Paderne – Church of Paderne

The construction of this religious temple started at the beginning of the century. XVI time the population was moved from inside the castle for the current parish. Simple architectural facade. Inside, longitudinal plant with three naves of five sections, having been added in the last end of the century. XIX. conjugates various styles: Renaissance, Baroque and Manueline, reconstruction result in successive seasons. Noteworthy are the altarpieces of the chapel and the holy altar, which are baroque. Another of the wealth of this church, is your booty sculptural, with century copies. XVII and XVIII, with special highlight, the baroque image Archangel Michael.

Ermida da N.ª S.ª do Pé da Cruz – Chapel of Nossa Senhora Foot of the Cross

This Hermitage will have been built in the seventeenth century, has undergone restoration work in 1711. Inside you can admire his altarpiece of the early eighteenth century (about 1715), in the case of a testimony of the Baroque period.

It stands in a dominant position over the stream of Quarteira, about two kilometers south of the city. One of the seven castles represented on the flag of Portugal, its ruins, reddish in color, is one of the most significant examples of Muslim military architecture in the Iberian Peninsula, highlighting the landscape as a warning of arrival at the Algarve to anyone entering the Via do Infante, coming from A2. The scenic effect is multiplied at night thanks to lighting installed by the Algarve Tourist Board.

The castle was erected in mud by the Almohad between the eleventh century and the twelfth century, during the last phase of the Muslim occupation of the peninsula by controlling the ancient Roman road that crossed the river by a bridge of Quarteira the Southeast. During this period, the progress of the Christian Reconquista led to the building of an integrated defensive line for medium-sized fortifications and rural character of the region, of which this is one of the best examples.

The oldest reference of the castle dates back to 1189, when it was won in a bitter night assault by the forces of King Sancho I (1185-1211), with the aid of a squadron of English crusaders. This domain, however, was short-lived, since as early as 1191, was recovered by the Almohads forces under Caliph Abu Yusuf Ya’qub command al-Mansur.

Your definiva possession for the Portuguese crown would only come under the reign of King Afonso III (1248-1279) with the conquest by the Master of the Order of Santiago, D. Palo Peres Correia, in 1248, beginning the repopulation of the area.