Silves Archaeological Museum
Silves Archaeological Museum is a museum in Silves, Faro District. Silves Archaeological Museum is situated nearby to Pelourinho de Silves, as well as near the town hall Câmara Municipal de Silves.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Silves Cathedral and Pelourinho de Silves.
Silves Cathedral
Church
Photo: Husond, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Silves Cathedral is a former cathedral in the city of Silves, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. A mosque, built during the Moorish rule of the Iberian Peninsula, was originally located in its current place, and was later mostly restructured and converted into a Catholic cathedral after the Reconquista. Silves Cathedral is situated 120 metres north of Silves Archaeological Museum.
Câmara Municipal de Silves
Town hall
Photo: Peter Broster, CC BY 2.0.
Câmara Municipal de Silves is a town hall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Estômbar and Porches.
Estômbar
Town
Estômbar is a town in the civil parish of Estômbar e Parchal, in the municipality of Lagoa, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 4,985, in an area of 24.21 km2. Estômbar is situated 6 km southwest of Silves Archaeological Museum.
Porches
Town
Porches is a civil parish/freguesia in the municipality of Lagoa in Portugal, about 10 km east of the city of Lagoa. The population in 2011 was 2,011, in an area of 15.64 km2. It was elevated to the status of a town on July 12, 2001. Porches is situated 8 km southeast of Silves Archaeological Museum.
Parchal
Town
Photo: Pacanherros, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Parchal is a town and a former civil parish in the municipality of Lagoa, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Estômbar e Parchal. The population in 2011 was 4,019, in an area of 3.86 km2. Parchal is situated 9 km southwest of Silves Archaeological Museum.
Silves Archaeological Museum
- Type: Museum
- Also known as: “Museu Municipal de Arqueologia de Silves”
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Silves, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.18897° or 37° 11′ 20″ northLongitude
-8.43889° or 8° 26′ 20″ westElevation
29 metres (95 feet)Open location code
8C9H5HQ6+HCOpenStreetMap ID
node 799830847OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
11750422
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