Barranco da Caixa de Água
Barranco da Caixa de Água is a stream in Faro District, Portugal. Barranco da Caixa de Água is situated nearby to the hamlet Arrochela, as well as near the city Silves.Places of Interest
Highlights include Silves railway station and Silves Cathedral.
Silves railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ajpvalente, CC BY 3.0.
Silves is a railway station on the Algarve line which serves Silves, Portugal. It opened on 1 February 1902. The station is now without staff. As of May 2024, electrification of the Tunes to Portimão section of the railway is under way, with completion expected by the end of 2024.
Silves Cathedral
Church
Photo: Husond, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Silves Cathedral is a former cathedral in the city of Silves, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. A mosque, built during the Moorish rule of the Iberian Peninsula, was originally located in its current place, and was later mostly restructured and converted into a Catholic cathedral after the Reconquista.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Silves and Estômbar.
Silves
Photo: Hovallef, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Silves is a city in the Algarve. It was the capital of the nominal Kingdom of the Algarve and is of great historical importance.
Estômbar
Town
Estômbar is a town in the civil parish of Estômbar e Parchal, in the municipality of Lagoa, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 4,985, in an area of 24.21 km2. Estômbar is situated 5 km southwest of Barranco da Caixa de Água.
Porches
Town
Porches is a civil parish/freguesia in the municipality of Lagoa in Portugal, about 10 km east of the city of Lagoa. The population in 2011 was 2,011, in an area of 15.64 km2. It was elevated to the status of a town on July 12, 2001. Porches is situated 8 km southeast of Barranco da Caixa de Água.
Barranco da Caixa de Água
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “Barranco da Caixa de Agua”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Faro District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.18333° or 37° 11′ northLongitude
-8.45° or 8° 27′ westElevation
2 metres (7 feet)Open location code
8C9H5HM2+82GeoNames ID
2270450
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