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Estácio da Veiga's 1878 archeological map of the Algarve. In 1807, while Jean-Andoche Junot led the first Napoleonic invasion in the north of Portugal, the Algarve was occupied by Spanish troops under Manuel Godoy. Beginning in 1808, and after subsequent battles in various towns and villages, the region was the first to drive out the Spanish ...
With an estimated population of 67,566 inhabitants in 2021 [1] (with 39,733 inhabitants in the city proper, [3] making it the biggest city and second most populous municipality in the Algarve (after Loulé) and one of the biggest in Southern Portugal), the municipality covers an area of about 202.57 km 2 (78.21 sq mi).
It is one of the few municipalities in Portugal without territorial continuity: its territory comprises two parts, with the municipal seat located in the eastern part. Vila Real de Santo António was founded after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake , and largely expanded in 1774 using the same architectural and construction techniques employed in the ...
Lagos (pronounced ⓘ; Proto-Celtic: *Lacobriga) is a city and municipality at the mouth of Bensafrim River and along the Atlantic Ocean, in the Barlavento region of the Algarve, in southern Portugal. [1]
Silves (Portuguese pronunciation: ⓘ) is a city and municipality in the Portuguese region of Algarve, in southern Portugal. [1] The population of the entire municipality of Silves in 2011 was 37,126, [2] in an area of 680.06 km 2. [3] The urbanized area of the city proper has approximately 11,000 inhabitants.
Benagil village with its beach. Benagil is a small Portuguese village on the Atlantic coast in the municipality of Lagoa, Algarve, in Portugal. [1]Above view of Benagil Cave. Up to the late 20th century, the village's economy was based on ocean fishing, but it developed into a tourist area with a widely used beach, Praia de Benagil. [1]
Manta Rota is a small seaside town in the civil parish of Vila Nova de Cacela, municipality of Vila Real de Santo António, in the Algarve, Portugal. [1] Manta Rota is an important tourist destination due to its sandy beaches by the Atlantic Ocean .
Sagres is a civil parish in the municipality of Vila do Bispo, in the southern Algarve of Portugal. It has 1,894 inhabitants (2021) [ 1 ] in an area of 34.37 square kilometres (13.27 sq mi). [ 2 ] It is historically connected to the early Portuguese Age of Discovery .