Alferce
Alferce is a freguesia in the Monchique Municipality. The population in 2011 was 441, in an area of 96.12 km². Lies in this area remains of a medieval fortress from Muslim rule in Portugal known in Islamic sources as حصن المرجيق - Monchique fortress.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sítio arqueológico do Cerro do Castelo de Alferce.
Sítio arqueológico do Cerro do Castelo de Alferce
Archaeological site
Photo: Bextrel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sítio arqueológico do Cerro do Castelo de Alferce is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caldas de Monchique.
Caldas de Monchique
Hamlet
Photo: Bextrel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Caldas de Monchique is a spa town in the Monchique Mountains in the Algarve region of Portugal. It has been famous since Roman times for its waters, which supposedly have healing properties. Caldas de Monchique is situated 8 km southwest of Alferce.
Alferce
- Type: Village with 122 residents
- Description: civil parish in Monchique
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Alferce, Monchique, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.33368° or 37° 20′ 1″ northLongitude
-8.48944° or 8° 29′ 22″ westPopulation
122Elevation
320 metres (1,050 feet)Open location code
8C9H8GM6+F6OpenStreetMap ID
node 427536492OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2272011Wikidata ID
Q2652727
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Alferce” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Alferce”
- Catalan: “Alferce”
- Cebuano: “Alferce”
- Chechen: “Алферсе”
- Chinese: “Alferce”
- Dutch: “Alferce”
- French: “Alferce”
- German: “Alferce”
- Italian: “Alferce”
- Kazakh: “Alferse”
- Kazakh: “Алферсе”
- Kazakh: “الفەرسە”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Alferce”
- Persian: “الفرس”
- Portuguese: “Alferce (freguesia)”
- Portuguese: “Alferce”
- Russian: “Алферсе”
- Spanish: “Alferce”
- Tatar: “Алферсе”
- Turkish: “Alferce”
- “Alferce”
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