Fundada
Fundada is a village in Vila de Rei Municipality, Castelo Branco District. Fundada is situated nearby to the hamlet Silveira, as well as near Fouto.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Picoto da Melriça.
Picoto da Melriça
Building
Picoto da Melriça is a monument and the geodesic centre of mainland Portugal. Constructed in 1802, the triangulation station sits on top of the Serra da Melriça, a 592 m high mountain range in the municipality of Vila de Rei, offering a 360° view of its surroundings.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vila de Rei and Cumeada.
Vila de Rei
Town
Vila de Rei is a municipality in the district of Castelo Branco in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,452, in an area of 191.55 km2. A small municipality covered with pinewoods, located precisely at the centre of Portugal, as marked by the Picoto da Melriça, a monument indicating the geodesic centre of Mainland Portugal. Vila de Rei is situated 5 km south of Fundada.
Cumeada
Village
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cumeada is a village, which is situated 6 km northeast of Fundada.
São João do Peso
Village
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
São João do Peso is a village, which is situated 6 km east of Fundada.
Fundada
- Type: Village with 552 residents
- Description: civil parish in Vila de Rei
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Vila de Rei Municipality, Castelo Branco District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.7217° or 39° 43′ 18″ northLongitude
-8.1446° or 8° 8′ 40″ westPopulation
552Elevation
262 metres (860 feet)Open location code
8CFHPVC4+M5OpenStreetMap ID
node 3764203691OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8011753Wikidata ID
Q748517
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Fundada” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Fundada”
- Cebuano: “Fundada”
- Chechen: “Фундада”
- Chinese: “Fundada”
- Dutch: “Fundada”
- French: “Fundada”
- German: “Fundada”
- Kazakh: “Фундада”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Fundada”
- Portuguese: “Fundada”
- Russian: “Фундада”
- Spanish: “Fundada”
- Tatar: “Фундада”
- Turkish: “Fundada”
- Ukrainian: “Фундада”
- “Fundada”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Silveira and Fouto.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Praia Fluvial do Bostelim and Serra da Melriça.
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