Trafaria
Trafaria is a town in Caparica e Trafaria, Almada, Setúbal District and has about 3,740 residents. Trafaria is situated nearby to the neighborhood Bairro do Primeiro Torrão, as well as near Murfacem.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Igreja Paroquial da Trafaria and Belém Tower.
Igreja Paroquial da Trafaria
Marketplace
Photo: GualdimG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Igreja Paroquial da Trafaria is a marketplace.
Belém Tower
Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Belém Tower, officially the Tower of Saint Vincent is a 16th-century fortification located in Lisbon that served as a point of embarkation and disembarkation for Portuguese explorers and as a ceremonial gateway to Lisbon. Belém Tower is situated 2½ km northeast of Trafaria.
Monastery of the Hieronymites
Protected area
Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Jerónimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery is a former monastery of the Order of Saint Jerome near the Tagus river in the parish of Belém, in the Lisbon Municipality, Portugal. Monastery of the Hieronymites is situated 3½ km northeast of Trafaria.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porto Brandão and Banática.
Porto Brandão
Hamlet
Porto Brandão is a locality in the freguesia of Caparica e Trafaria, Almada Municipality, Portugal. It is situated in a strategic location by the Tejo river.
Banática
Hamlet
Banática is a small town at Almada, Portugal. Its name may derive from the Arabic language word for prince. It is the first port at the Tejo. It has a Repsol oil refinery, a sports club, Clube Recreativo e Desportivo de Banática, and a coast control unit of the Portuguese Republican National Guard. Banática is situated 3 km east of Trafaria.
Monte de Caparica
Town
Photo: Rúdisicyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Caparica is a former civil parish in the municipality of Almada, Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged with the civil parish of Trafaria into the new parish Caparica e Trafaria. Monte de Caparica is situated 3 km east of Trafaria.
Trafaria
- Type: Town with 3,740 residents
- Description: human settlement in Portugal
- Categories: human settlement, town of Portugal, and locality
- Location: Caparica e Trafaria, Almada, Setúbal District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.67208° or 38° 40′ 20″ northLongitude
-9.23344° or 9° 14′ 0″ westPopulation
3,740Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)United Nations Location Code
PT TRFOpen location code
8CCGMQC8+RJOpenStreetMap ID
node 2777030932OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Portuguese—“Trafaria” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Trafaria”
- Dutch: “Trafaria”
- Portuguese: “Trafaria”
- “Trafaria”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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