Fóia
With an elevation of 902 metres and a topographic prominence of 739 metres, Fóia is the highest mountain of Algarve, Portugal. It is part of the Serra de Monchique range and is located at within Monchique parish.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 902 metres
- Description: mountain
- Also known as: “Cerro dos Marocos”, “Foya”, “Serra de Monchique”, and “Фойя (гора)”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Monchique Town Hall and Convento de Nossa Senhora do Desterro.
Convento de Nossa Senhora do Desterro
Monastery
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caldas de Monchique and Marmelete.
Caldas de Monchique
Hamlet
Alferce
Village
Alferce is a freguesia in the Monchique Municipality. Alferce is situated 10 km east of Fóia.
Fóia
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Monchique, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.3156° or 37° 18′ 56″ north
Longitude
-8.59644° or 8° 35′ 47″ west
Elevation
902 metres (2,959 feet)
Open location code
8C9H8C83+6C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Fóia” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Fóia”
- Aragonese: “Fóia”
- Arpitan: “Fóia”
- Asturian: “Fóia”
- Basque: “Fóia”
- Bavarian: “Fóia”
- Breton: “Fóia”
- Bulgarian: “Фоиа”
- Catalan: “Fóia”
- Cebuano: “Foia”
- Corsican: “Fóia”
- Croatian: “Fóia”
- Czech: “Fóia”
- Danish: “Fóia”
- Dutch: “Fóia”
- Esperanto: “Fóia”
- Estonian: “Fóia”
- Finnish: “Fóia”
- French: “Alto da Fóia”
- French: “Fóia”
- Friulian: “Fóia”
- Galician: “Fóia”
- German: “Fóia”
- Hebrew: “פויה”
- Hungarian: “Fóia”
- Icelandic: “Fóia”
- Ido: “Fóia”
- Indonesian: “Fóia”
- Interlingua: “Fóia”
- Interlingue: “Fóia”
- Irish: “Fóia”
- Italian: “Alto da Fóia”
- Italian: “Fóia”
- Japanese: “フォーイア山”
- Jèrriais: “Fóia”
- Kongo: “Fóia”
- Ladin: “Fóia”
- Ligurian: “Fóia”
- Limburgan: “Fóia”
- Lithuanian: “Foja”
- Low German: “Fóia”
- Luxembourgish: “Fóia”
- Malagasy: “Fóia”
- Malay: “Fóia”
- Minangkabau: “Fóia”
- Neapolitan: “Fóia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fóia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fóia”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Foia”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Fóia”
- Picard: “Fóia”
- Piemontese: “Fóia”
- Polish: “Fóia”
- Portuguese: “Foia”
- Portuguese: “Fóia”
- Romanian: “Fóia”
- Romansh: “Fóia”
- Russian: “Фойя”
- Sardinian: “Fóia”
- Scots: “Fóia”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Fóia”
- Serbian: “Fóia”
- Sicilian: “Fóia”
- Slovak: “Fóia”
- Slovenian: “Fóia”
- Spanish: “Foia”
- Spanish: “Fóia”
- Swahili: “Fóia”
- Swedish: “Fóia”
- Swiss German: “Fóia”
- Ukrainian: “Фойя”
- Venetian: “Fóia”
- Vietnamese: “Fóia”
- Vlaams: “Fóia”
- Volapük: “Fóia”
- Walloon: “Fóia”
- Welsh: “Fóia”
- Wolof: “Fóia”
- Zulu: “Fóia”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Fóia and Água d’Alta.
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Highlights: Estação de Radar Nº 1 and Capela de Santo António.
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