Castro Marim () is a town and a municipality in the southern region of

Algarve The Algarve (, , ; from ) is the southernmost NUTS II region of continental Portugal. It has an area of with 467,495 permanent inhabitants and incorporates 16 municipalities ( ''concelhos'' or ''municípios'' in Portuguese). The region has its ...

, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 6,747, in an area of 300.84 km². The current Mayor is Francisco Amaral, elected by the

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Fo ...

. The municipal holiday is June 24. In the Roman era, Castro Marim was known as Aesuris. Every year in the end of August there is a Medieval Fair/Festival that reunites many people from across the world to perform, like medieval musicians, archers, swordsmen, dancers, troupes, etc. There are sellers too: blacksmiths, textile crafters (weaving), herbs sellers, etc. In honour to his Portuguese mother, Lucia Gomes, from Castro Marim,

Paco de Lucía Francisco Sánchez Gómez (21 December 194725 February 2014), known as Paco de Lucía (;), was a Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer, and record producer. A leading proponent of the new flamenco style, he was one of the first fl ...

- the Spanish composer and guitarist - named his thirteenth studio album

Castro Marín ''Castro Marín'' is the thirteenth studio album by the Spanish composer and guitarist Paco de Lucía. All songs were written by Paco de Lucía. The title was a tribute to his mother, a Portuguese woman from Castro Marim, in the Algarve regio ...

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (''

freguesias ''Freguesia'' (), usually translated as " parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former ...

''): * Altura * Azinhal * Castro Marim * Odeleite

Notable people

* Domingos Correia Arouca (1790–1861) a general, administrator and colonial governor of

Cape Verde , national_anthem = () , official_languages = Portuguese , national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole , capital = Praia , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , demonym ...

, 1835-1837

References

External links

official Castro Marim Municipality website
Populated places in Faro District Municipalities of the Algarve Towns of the Algarve Portugal–Spain border crossings Municipalities of Faro District {{Faro-geo-stub

Parishes

Notable people

See also

References

External links