Lousa
Lousa is a village in Loures, Lisbon District. Lousa is situated nearby to the hamlet Torneiro, as well as near Carrasqueira.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort of Mosqueiro and Anta do Alto da Toupeira.
Fort of Mosqueiro
Protected area
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The Fort of Mosqueiro, also known as the Redoubt of Mosqueiro, is one of a group of fortifications in Portugal that made up the Lines of Torres Vedras, which were designed to protect the capital, Lisbon, from possible invasion by French troops during the Peninsular War.
Anta do Alto da Toupeira
Archaeological site
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The Anta do Alto da Toupeira, also called the Anta da Toupeira or the Anta de Salemas, is a Neolithic dolmen, or megalithic tomb, situated in the parish of Lousa in the municipality of Loures, in the Lisbon District of Portugal.
Anta de Carcavelos
Archaeological site
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The Anta de Carcavelos, located close to the village of Carcavelos near the town of Lousa in the municipality of Loures in the Lisbon District of Portugal, is a stone age dolmen or megalithic monument from the Chalcolithic period.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fanhões and Venda do Pinheiro.
Fanhões
Village
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Fanhões is a village, which is situated 4½ km east of Lousa.
Venda do Pinheiro
Town
Venda do Pinheiro is a small town in the municipality of Mafra, northern Lisbon district, Portugal. It was the head of a civil parish until the 2013 reform, when it was merged into Venda do Pinheiro and Santo Estêvão das Galés parish. Venda do Pinheiro is situated 4½ km northwest of Lousa.
Milharado
Village
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Milharado is a village, which is situated 6 km north of Lousa.
Lousa
- Type: Village with 3,220 residents
- Description: civil parish in Loures
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Loures, Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.8898° or 38° 53′ 23″ northLongitude
-9.206° or 9° 12′ 21″ westPopulation
3,220Elevation
166 metres (545 feet)Open location code
8CCGVQQV+WJOpenStreetMap ID
node 4361088135OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8012508Wikidata ID
Q595642
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Lousa” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Lousa”
- Cebuano: “Lousa”
- Chechen: “Лоза”
- Chinese: “Lousa”
- Dutch: “Lousa (Loures)”
- Dutch: “Lousa”
- French: “Lousa”
- German: “Lousa”
- Kazakh: “Лоза”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lousa”
- Polish: “Lousa”
- Portuguese: “Lousa (Loures)”
- Portuguese: “Lousa”
- Russian: “Лоза”
- Spanish: “Lousa”
- Tatar: “Лоза”
- Turkish: “Lousa”
- Ukrainian: “Лоза”
- “Lousa”
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