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MonumentsIgreja do Carmo - TaviraChurch of the Ordem Terceira de Nossa Senhora do Carmo (Tertiary Order of Our Lady of Carmel) The Tertiary Order of Our Lady of Carmel of Tavira (Ordem Terceira de Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Tavira) was set up at the beginning of the 18th century (...)
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MonumentsIgreja da Misericórdia de FaroIn 1499, this became the site of the Chapel of the Espírito Santo (Holy Spirit), part of the city´s restruction plan carried out by king Manuel I. At the end of the 16th century, Bishop Afonso Castelo Branco (1581-85) opted to replace the chapel (...)
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MonumentsCastelo e Cerca Urbana de LouléLoulé Castle and Urban Enclosure (Castelo e Cerca Urbana de Loulé)The town of Loulé - called al-Ûlvã (hilltop) by the Muslims - was, and still is, the largest urban agglomeration in the Algarve without direct contact with the sea.The walls of the (...)
Telephone: +351 289 400 642
Fax: +351 289 400 678
E-mail: dcp@cm-loule.pt
Website: https://www.cm-loule.pt/pt/150/castelo-de-loule.aspx
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MonumentsIgreja da Misericórdia de TaviraArchitecturally speaking, this is one of the most valuable of Tavira´s many churches due to the renaissance features on both the entranceway and the interior and unique to the Algarve. The Santa Casa da Misericórdia (Religious Charitable (...)
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MonumentsSantuário de Nossa Senhora da Piedade - LouléThe largest Marian sanctuary in the Algarve.According to the Visits of the Military Order of Santiago of 1565, the Hermitage of Our Lady of Mercy of Loulé was built in 1553. The spot chosen was immediately next to the urban centre, on top of a hill, (...)
Telephone: +351 919 105 910
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MonumentsIgreja de Santa Maria do Castelo - TaviraMarian worship from Gothic to Baroque.The Church of Santa Maria is a 13th century building, likely built on the site of the old mosque by the city’s conqueror, D. Paio Peres Correia, master of the Order of Santiago, who is buried in the main chapel (...)
Telephone: +351 281 326 286 / 931 327 872
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MonumentsCastelo de SilvesSilves Castle and Urban Enclosure (Castelo e Cerca Urbana de Silves)A tour of Silves is not complete without a visit to its castle, considered one of the main and most beautiful Muslim fortifications in Portugal and the largest in the (...)
Telephone: 282 440 837
E-mail: castelo@cm-silves.pt
Website: https://www.cm-silves.pt/pt/menu/106/castelo-de-silves.aspx
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MonumentsCastelo de SalirLocated in a strategic and central place, between the coast and the mountains, Salir Castle was part of an important defensive system of Almohad castles in the Algarve, at a time of intense Christian military pressure. After the Portuguese king (...)
Telephone: 289 400 600
E-mail: cmloule@cm-loule.pt
Website: https://www.cm-loule.pt/pt/151/castelo-de-salir.aspx
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MonumentsIgreja de Nossa Senhora da Graça - SagresA Renaissance church on the Top of the World´s Discovery Cape.When you enter the Sagres Fortress complex, strategically located on a promontory from where you can gaze over Atlantic-Mediterranean maritime navigation, you first enter a vaulted (...)
Telephone: +351 282 620 140 / 282 620 142
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MonumentsIgreja de São Paulo - TaviraBuilt in the 17th century, this belonged to the no longer existing Convent of São Paulo. With religious orders abolished in 1834, the Church was handed over to the Fraternity of Nossa Senhora da Ajuda (Our Lady of Assistance), whose statue can be (...)
