Azenhas do Mar
Azenhas do Mar is a seaside village in the civil parish of Colares, Sintra, Portugal. It is situated on a cliff along the Atlantic Ocean, about 30 km northwest of Lisbon, within the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Casa Branca and Praia da Aguda.
Praia das Maçãs Prehistoric Monument
Archaeological site
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The Praia das Maçãs Prehistoric Monument, also known as the Tholos of Outeiro das Mós, consists of an artificial Neolithic cave and a Chalcolithic domed or beehive tomb.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Praia das Maçãs and Fontanelas.
Praia das Maçãs
Neighborhood
Photo: Rúdisicyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sintra is a town in Greater Lisbon, Estremadura, Portugal. Its spectacular setting, 28 km from Lisbon, houses a Royal Palace, used by generations of Portuguese royalty prior to the 1910 revolution.
Fontanelas
Hamlet
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Fontanelas is a small town located in the civil parish of São João das Lampas, municipality of Sintra, Portugal. Fontanelas is situated just next to the seaside town of Azenhas do Mar.
Gouveia
Hamlet
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Gouveia is a village located in Sintra Municipality, next to the town of Fontanelas, Portugal. Gouveia is known as the aldeia em verso, because its signs containing the names of the streets always carry a stanza. Gouveia is situated 3 km east of Azenhas do Mar.
Azenhas do Mar
- Type: Hamlet with 800 residents
- Description: human settlement in Portugal
- Category: locality
- Location: Colares, Sintra, Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.84096° or 38° 50′ 27″ northLongitude
-9.46191° or 9° 27′ 43″ westPopulation
800Elevation
60 metres (197 feet)United Nations Location Code
PT AZMOpen location code
8CCGRGRQ+96OpenStreetMap ID
node 1743292150OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Azenhas do Mar” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Azenhas do Mar”
- French: “Azenhas do Mar”
- Italian: “Azenhas do Mar”
- Malay: “Azenhas do Mar”
- Portuguese: “Azenhas do Mar”
- Portuguese: “Praia das azenhas do mar”
- Turkish: “Azenhas do Mar”
- Ukrainian: “Азеньяш-ду-Мар”
- “Azenhas do Mar”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Piscina Oceânica das Azenhas do Mar and Lavadouros das Azenhas do Mar.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Azenhas do Mar”. Photo: F Mira, CC BY-SA 2.0.