Laje de Fora
Laje de Fora is in Sagres, Vila do Bispo, Faro District. Laje de Fora is situated nearby to the locality Ponta dos Caminhos, as well as near Ponta da Fisga.Places of Interest
Highlights include Praia da Ingrina and Zavial Battery.
Zavial Battery
Ruins
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Zavial Battery is a ruins, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Laje de Fora.
Conjunto de menires de Milrei e do Padrão
Archaeological site
Photo: Pedro Ponce Asensio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conjunto de menires de Milrei e do Padrão is an archaeological site, which is situated 3½ km north of Laje de Fora.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sagres Point and Figueira.
Sagres Point
Locality
Photo: Vanbasten 23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sagres Point is a windswept shelf-like promontory located in the southwest Algarve region of southern Portugal. Only 4 km to the west and 3 km to the north lies Cape St. Vincent, which is usually taken as the southwesternmost tip of Europe. Sagres Point is situated 6 km southwest of Laje de Fora.
Figueira
Village
Figueira is a village near Portimão in the Algarve in Portugal. In the English-speaking world its main claim to fame is the disappearance there, on 12 September 2004, of a local girl, eight-year-old Joana Cipriano, and the subsequent conviction of her mother and uncle for murder. Figueira is situated 7 km northeast of Laje de Fora.
Salema
Neighborhood
Photo: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vila do Bispo is a town and municipality in Portugal's Algarve. It includes the destinations of Sagres and Salema. Salema is situated 8 km northeast of Laje de Fora.
Laje de Fora
- Type: Rock
- Also known as: “Lage de Fora”
- Category: landform
- Location: Sagres, Vila do Bispo, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.03333° or 37° 2′ northLongitude
-8.9° or 8° 54′ westElevation
14 metres (46 feet)Open location code
8C9H23MX+8XGeoNames ID
2268019
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