Vale Formoso
Vale Formoso is a former civil parish in the municipality of Covilhã, Castelo Branco District, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Vale Formoso e Aldeia do Souto.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Centum Cellas and Castle of Belmonte.
Centum Cellas
Nature reserve
Photo: Lídia Maria Faria, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Centum Cellas, also referred to as Centum Cellæ, Centum Celli, or Centum Cœli, is a Roman villa rustica that dates back to the 1st century AD, located in the Mount of Santo Antão in Belmonte, Castelo Branco District, Portugal. Centum Cellas is situated 3 km east of Vale Formoso.
Castle of Belmonte
Castle
Photo: Lídia Maria Faria, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Castle of Belmonte is a medieval castle located in the municipality of Belmonte, Castelo Branco district in Portugal. Castle of Belmonte is situated 3 km southeast of Vale Formoso.
Pelourinho de Belmonte
Photo: Nmmacedo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pelourinho de Belmonte is situated 3 km southeast of Vale Formoso.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belmonte and Valhelhas.
Belmonte
Photo: Gato Preto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Belmonte, officially Town of Belmonte, is a town and municipality and town in the district of Castelo Branco, Portugal. The municipality's population in 2021 was 6,205, in an area of 118.76 square kilometres.
Valhelhas
Village
Photo: Alexa Pinto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Valhelhas is a parish in the municipality of Guarda in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 396, in an area of 20.18 km2. Valhelhas is situated 4 km northwest of Vale Formoso.
Famalicão
Village
Famalicão is a parish in the municipality of Guarda in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 615, in an area of 16.02 km2. Famalicão is situated 8 km north of Vale Formoso.
Vale Formoso
- Type: Village
- Description: locality and former civil parish in Portugal
- Categories: locality and freguesia of Portugal
- Location: Vale Formoso e Aldeia do Souto, Covilhã, Castelo Branco District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
40.37664° or 40° 22′ 36″ northLongitude
-7.37875° or 7° 22′ 44″ westElevation
564 metres (1,850 feet)Open location code
8CGJ9JGC+MGOpenStreetMap ID
node 3334316527OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Vale Formoso” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Vale Formoso”
- Cebuano: “Vale Formoso”
- Chechen: “Вале-Формозу”
- Dutch: “Vale Formoso”
- French: “Vale Formoso”
- German: “Vale Formoso”
- Kazakh: “Вале-Формозу”
- Portuguese: “Vale Formoso”
- Russian: “Вале-Формозу”
- Spanish: “Vale Formoso”
- Tatar: “Вале-Формозу”
- Turkish: “Vale Formoso”
- Ukrainian: “Вале-Формозу”
- “Vale Formoso”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Piscinas Municipais and GNR - Posto Territorial de Belmonte.
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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 “Vale Formoso”. Photo: Crazy Murdoc, CC BY-SA 3.0.