Serra do Buçaco
Serra do Bussaco is a mountain range in Portugal, formerly included in the province of Beira Litoral. The highest point in the range is the Cruz Alta at 549 m, which has views over the Serra da Estrela, the Mondego River valley and the Atlantic Ocean.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 384 metres
- Description: mountains in Portugal
- Also known as: “Busaco” and “Serra do Bussaco”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carvalho and Sazes do Lorvão.
Carvalho
Village
Carvalho is a parish in Penacova Municipality, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 846, in an area of 30.14 km².
Sazes do Lorvão
Village
Sazes do Lorvão is a parish in Penacova Municipality, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 749, in an area of 17.86 km². Sazes do Lorvão is situated 2½ km south of Serra do Buçaco.
Figueira de Lorvão
Village
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Figueira de Lorvão is a parish in Penacova Municipality, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 2,737, in an area of 26.68 km2. It is the birthplace of the last female Portuguese serial killer executed in the country's history, Luísa de Jesus. Figueira de Lorvão is situated 6 km south of Serra do Buçaco.
Serra do Buçaco
- Categories: mountain range, mountain chain, and landform
- Location: Coimbra District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Serra do Buçaco from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Serra do Buçaco” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Serra de Buçaco”
- Catalan: “Serra do Bussaco”
- Cebuano: “Serra do Bussaco”
- Chinese: “布薩庫山”
- Dutch: “Serra do Bussaco”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سيرا دو بوساكو”
- French: “Serra de Buçaco”
- French: “Serra do Buçaco”
- German: “Serra do Buçaco”
- German: “Serra do Bussaco”
- Italian: “Buçaco”
- Italian: “Bussaco”
- Italian: “Serra do Buçaco”
- Italian: “Serra do Bussaco”
- Japanese: “ブサコ”
- Ladin: “Serra do Buçaco”
- Portuguese: “Serra do Buçaco”
- Russian: “Бусаку”
- Russian: “Буссако”
- Spanish: “Bucaco”
- Spanish: “Buçaco”
- Spanish: “Bussaco”
- Spanish: “Serra de Bucaco”
- Spanish: “Sierra de Buçaco”
- Spanish: “Sierra de Busaco”
- Ukrainian: “Буссако”
- Ukrainian: “Буссаку”
- Venetian: “Buçaco”
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