São Pedro da Afurada

São Pedro da Afurada is a former civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Santa Marinha e São Pedro da Afurada.
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  • Type: Suburb with 3,570 residents
  • Description: former civil parish in Portugal
  • Also known as: “Freguesia de São Pedro da Afurada”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Estádio do Bessa and Casa da Música.

Stadium
Photo: Rui Reis, CC BY 2.0.
The Sec. XXI is a football located in the Boavista area of , , used by Boavista Futebol Clube. Like other stadiums used in Euro 2004, the Bessa is a new ground but built on top of the old stands, with each new stand being constructed at different times, which allowed Boavista F.C. to continue playing there during the project.

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The is a concert hall in , Portugal. It was designed by architect Rem Koolhaas and opened in 2005. Designed to mark the festive year of 2001 in which the city of Porto was designated European Capital of Culture, it was the first building…

Museum
Photo: João Carvalho, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of Saint Francis is the most prominent Gothic monument in , , being also noted for its outstanding Baroque inner decoration. It is located in the historic centre of the city, declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Porto and Matosinhos.

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is 's second largest city and the capital of the , and a busy industrial and commercial centre. The city isn't very populous, but the metropolitan area has some 1.8 million inhabitants in a 50-km radius, with cities like , , and .

Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, officially the City of , is a city and a municipality in the district of in . The municipality covers an area of approximately 62.42 square kilometres and had 172,557 inhabitants in 2021.

Suburb
Santa Marinha is a former civil parish in the municipality of , Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Santa Marinha e São Pedro da Afurada. The population in 2011 was 30,146, in an area of 6.91 km².

São Pedro da Afurada

Latitude
41.143° or 41° 8′ 35″ north
Longitude
-8.6428° or 8° 38′ 34″ west
Population
3,570
Elevation
68 metres (223 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PT AFR
Open location code
8CHH49V4+5V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3542115890
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
8014903
Wiki­data ID
Q2256308
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Turkish—“São Pedro da Afurada” goes by many names.

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Casa Mortuária da Afurada and Conferência Vicentina de S. Pedro da Afurada.

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