Lagoa e Carvoeiro is a civil parish in the municipality of
Lagoa, Portugal
Lagoa () is a city and concelho, municipality in Districts of Portugal, the district of Faro District, Faro, in the Portugal, Portuguese region of Algarve. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 22,975, in an area of 88.25 km2. Its ur ...
. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former civil parishes of Lagoa and
Carvoeiro.
The population in 2011 was 9,987,
[Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)]
Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 39.13 km².
The offices of the ''freguesia'' (civil parish) are in part of the
Convent of Saint Joseph.
Description
The historical centre of the civil parish consists of rows of white houses, where broad and narrow streets are intermixed, revealing modern buildings and old palatial houses, some dating from before the
Great Earthquake of 1755.
In the same historical center are found old doors and
Manueline
The Manueline (, ), occasionally known as Portuguese late Gothic, is the sumptuous, composite Portuguese architectural style originating in the 16th century, during the Portuguese Renaissance and Age of Discoveries. Manueline architecture inco ...
windows, four-sided roofs and arches spanning narrow lanes, and the vestiges of buildings which have long disappeared.
In Lagoa it is possible to find 18th-century buildings as well as modern ones, historical monuments, and contemporary sculptures which show how the city has evolved into a harmonious weaving of many threads.
Localities
* Alfanzina
* Algar Seco
* Areias dos Moinhos
*
Benagil
*
Caramujeira
* Carmo
*
Carvoeiro
*
Lagoa
* Lombos
* Mato Serrão
* Poço Partido
* Salicos
* Sesmarias
* Torrinha
* Vale Covo
* Vale da Lapa
* Vale de Centeanes
* Vale de Currais
* Vale de El-Rei
* Vale de Milho
Beaches
List of beaches in the parish of Lagoa and Carvoeiro (from
West
West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth.
Etymology
The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance langu ...
to
East
East is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth.
Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that ea ...
):
* Vale da Lapa Beach
* Cama da Vaca Beach
* Padre Vicente Beach
* Três Castelos Beach
* Salgadeira Beach
* Vale dos Currais Beach
* Paraíso Beach
* Carvoeiro Beach
* Vale Covo Beach
* Vale de Centeanes Beach
* Vale de Espinhaço Beach
* Carvalho Beach
* Benagil Beach
* Corredoura Beach
* Cão Raivoso Beach
* Mesquita Beach
*
Marinha Beach
* Pau Beach
* Malhada do Baraço Beach
* Barranquinho Beach
* Salgueiro Beach
* Estaquinha Beach
* Albandeira Beach
Historic sites
* Alfanzina Lighthouse (
Carvoeiro)
*
Church of Our Lady of Light (Lagoa)
*
Convent of Saint Joseph (Lagoa)
*
Convent of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Lagoa)
*
Menhir
A menhir (; from Brittonic languages: ''maen'' or ''men'', "stone" and ''hir'' or ''hîr'', "long"), standing stone, orthostat, or lith is a large upright stone, emplaced in the ground by humans, typically dating from the European middle Br ...
of
Caramujeira
References
External links
Civil Parish official website
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Parishes of Lagoa, Algarve
Towns in Portugal