Algés River
Algés River flows into the Tagus River in Algés Parish, Portugal. Since Algés grew, some parts of the river were covered, and now it runs under the ground, including the final stretch to the sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rúdisicyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Portugal
- Also known as: “Alges River” and “Ribeira de Alges”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Palacete Anjos and Belém Tower.
Belém Tower
Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Belém Tower, officially the Tower of Saint Vincent is a 16th-century fortification located in Lisbon that served as a point of embarkation and disembarkation for Portuguese explorers and as a ceremonial gateway to Lisbon.
Cruzeiro de Algés
Wayside cross
Photo: JoniFili, Public domain.
Cruzeiro de Algés is a wayside cross.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Algés and São Francisco Xavier.
São Francisco Xavier
Suburb
São Francisco Xavier is a former civil parish in the city and municipality of Lisbon, Portugal. It was created on February 7, 1959. At the administrative reorganization of Lisbon on 8 December 2012 it merged with the former parish of Santa Maria de Belém, thus creating the new Belém parish.
Algés River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Algés River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Algés River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Algés”
- Catalan: “Ribera d’Algés”
- Cebuano: “Ribeira de Algés”
- German: “Ribeira de Algés”
- Hebrew: “נהר אלז’ש”
- Irish: “Abhainn Algés”
- Portuguese: “Ribeira de Algés”
- Spanish: “Alges”
- Spanish: “Algés”
- Welsh: “Afon Algés”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gravato and Palácio Ribamar.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Algés River”. Photo: Rúdisicyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.