Tagus River
Tagus River is a stream in Lisbon District, Portugal. Tagus River is situated nearby to the town Paço de Arcos, as well as near Caxias.Places of Interest
Highlights include Estádio Nacional and Bugio Lighthouse.
Estádio Nacional
Stadium
Photo: Koshelyev, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Estádio Nacional, also known as Centro Desportivo Nacional do Jamor, is a football stadium. It is located in the civil parish of Algés, Linda-a-Velha e Cruz Quebrada-Dafundo, in the municipality of Oeiras, in the southwestern part of Lisbon District. Estádio Nacional is situated 4 km northeast of Tagus River.
Bugio Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Rui Ornelas, CC BY 2.0.
The Bugio Lighthouse is situated on an island in the estuary of the River Tagus on the Fort of São Lourenço do Bugio, about ten kilometres west of Lisbon. It falls under the municipality of Oeiras in Lisbon District. Bugio Lighthouse is situated 2½ km southwest of Tagus River.
Fort of Giribita
Castle
Photo: Helmut Seger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Fort of Giribita, also referred to as the Fort of Our Lady of Porto Salvo and the Fort of Ponta do Guincho, is located on the right bank of the Tagus estuary, in the municipality of Oeiras, District of Lisbon, in Portugal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oeiras and Porto Salvo.
Oeiras
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oeiras is a town and municipality in the western part of Lisbon metropolitan area, located within the Portuguese Riviera, in continental Portugal. The municipality is part of the urban agglomeration of Lisbon and the town of Oeiras is about 16 km from Lisbon downtown.
Porto Salvo
Town
Photo: Vicentetavora, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Porto Salvo is a town, which is situated 5 km northwest of Tagus River.
Carcavelos
Village
Photo: Rúdisicyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Carcavelos was, until 2013, a civil parish in the Portuguese municipality of Cascais, about 12 kilometres west of Lisbon. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Carcavelos e Parede. Carcavelos is situated 5 km west of Tagus River.
Tagus River
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.6764° or 38° 40′ 35″ northLongitude
-9.27933° or 9° 16′ 46″ westOpen location code
8CCGMPGC+H7GeoNames ID
2262787
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Welsh—“Tagus River” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Rio Tacho”
- Basque: “Tajo”
- Belarusian: “Raka Taxa”
- Bulgarian: “Taho (reka)”
- Dutch: “Taag”
- Estonian: “Tejo”
- French: “Tage”
- Galician: “Rio Texo”
- Greek: “Tagos”
- Latvian: “Tezu”
- Lithuanian: “Taxas”
- Mirandese: “Teijo”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Tage”
- Portuguese: “Rio Tejo”
- Spanish: “Río Tajo”
- Ukrainian: “Tahus”
- Vietnamese: “Tagus”
- Welsh: “Afon Tagus”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Praia Velha and Praia de Paço de Arcos.
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