Conceição e Estoi is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the

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of Faro, part of the Portuguese

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, formed in 2013 from the merger of the former parishes Conceição and Estoi. The population in 2011 was 8,176,Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)
Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 68.40 km².

Architecture

* Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição (); a

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era religious building classified as a ''Monumento de Interesso Público'' (''Monument of Public Interest''). Associated with the late-Renaissance and 19th century, the longitudinal plan includes single nave and main chapel with triumphal arch and vaulted ceiling on corbels. In addition, the church is known for its late-Renaissance portal, main facade and neoclassical bell tower, as well as its architectural sobriety contrasting with the decoration of the triumphal arch and cover of the chancel in starry vault.

References

Parishes of Faro, Portugal {{Faro-geo-stub