Gilão River

The Gilão is a river in southern Portugal. It is approachable from the Atlantic Ocean, where it enters at the town of Tavira in the Algarve, 35 kilometres east of Faro.

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Type: Stream
Description: river in Portugal
Also known as: “Rio Gilao”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Arraial Ferreira Neto and Fort Santo António.

Arraial Ferreira Neto

Historic site

Photo: Alegna13, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Arraial Ferreira Neto is a historic site.

Fort Santo António of Tavira, also known as Rato Fort or Lebres Island Fort, is located east of the Quatro Águas site, at the mouth of the Gilão River, next to the bar of the city of Tavira, in the District of Faro, in Portugal.

Lazarette and Chapel of Our Lady of Livramento

Church

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Lazarette and Chapel of Our Lady of Livramento is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barra do Cochicho and Tavira.

Barra do Cochicho

Locality

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Barra do Cochicho is a locality.

Tavira

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Tavira is a city in the Algarve region of Portugal. Crossed by the Gilão River, it is one of the most monumental cities in Portugal, with its 37 churches.

Cabanas de Tavira

Town

Cabanas de Tavira is a village and a former civil parish in the municipality of Tavira, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Conceição e Cabanas de Tavira. Cabanas de Tavira is situated 3½ km northeast of Gilão River.

Gilão River

Categories: river and body of water
Location: Faro District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

37.11731° or 37° 7′ 2″ north

Longitude

-7.62897° or 7° 37′ 44″ west

Elevation

14 metres (46 feet)

Open location code

8C9J498C+WC

GeoNames ID

2267654

Wikidata ID

Q5562657

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Irish to Welsh—“Gilão River” goes by many names.

Irish: “Abhainn Gilão”
Portuguese: “Rio da Séqua”
Portuguese: “Rio gilão”
Portuguese: “Rio Gilão”
Portuguese: “Rio sequa”
Portuguese: “Rio séqua”
Portuguese: “Rio Séqua”
Spanish: “Gilão”
Spanish: “Río Séqua”
Welsh: “Afon Gilão”
“Séqua”

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