Ribeiro do Almarjão

Ribeiro do Almarjão is a stream in Faro District, Portugal. Ribeiro do Almarjão is situated nearby to the hamlet Vale de Lama, as well as near Arrochela.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Silves railway station and Silves Cathedral.

Silves railway station

Railway station

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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 railway station is situated 2½ km east of Ribeiro do Almarjão.

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. Silves Cathedral is situated 2½ km east of Ribeiro do Almarjão.

Pelourinho de Silves

Photo: Lusitana, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Pelourinho de Silves is situated 2½ km east of Ribeiro do Almarjão.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Estômbar and Silves.

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 4½ km south of Ribeiro do Almarjão.

Silves

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Silves is a city in the Algarve. It was the capital of the nominal Kingdom of the Algarve and is of great historical importance.

Parchal

Town

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Parchal is a town and a former civil parish in the municipality of Lagoa, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Estômbar e Parchal. The population in 2011 was 4,019, in an area of 3.86 km2. Parchal is situated 7 km southwest of Ribeiro do Almarjão.

Ribeiro do Almarjão

Type: Stream
Also known as: “Ribeiro do Almarjao”
Category: body of water
Location: Faro District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

37.18333° or 37° 11′ north

Longitude

-8.46667° or 8° 28′ west

Elevation

2 metres (7 feet)

Open location code

8C9H5GMM+88

GeoNames ID

2271933

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