Murfacem
Murfacem is a neighborhood in Caparica e Trafaria, Almada, Setúbal District. Murfacem is situated nearby to the neighborhood Cova, as well as near Portinho da Costa.Places of Interest
Highlights include Capela de Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Murfacém and Belém Tower.
Capela de Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Murfacém
Church
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Capela de Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Murfacém is a church.
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 north of Murfacem.
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 Murfacem.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porto Brandão and Monte de Caparica.
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.
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.
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 2½ km east of Murfacem.
Murfacem
- Type: Neighborhood
- Also known as: “Murfacém”
- Category: locality
- Location: Caparica e Trafaria, Almada, Setúbal District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.66788° or 38° 40′ 4″ northLongitude
-9.22421° or 9° 13′ 27″ westElevation
114 metres (374 feet)Open location code
8CCGMQ9G+58OpenStreetMap ID
node 1667521076OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
2265638
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