Mafra
Mafra is a city of 77,000 people in Greater Lisbon, Estremadura, Portugal. It is mostly known for the sumptuous Mafra National Palace, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 76,700 residents
- Description: municipality of Portugal
- Also known as: “Mafra Municipality” and “Mafra, Portugal”
- Neighbors: Arruda dos Vinhos, Loures, Sintra, Sobral de Monte Agraço, and Torres Vedras
Places of Interest
Highlights include Museu Nacional da Música and Pelourinho de Mafra.
Museu Nacional da Música
Museum
The Museu da Música is a museum in the Palace of Mafra, Portugal. The museum primarily features musical instruments; among its holdings is a 1725 Stradivarius cello once owned and played by King Luís I of Portugal (ruled 1861–1889.
Igreja de Santo André
Church
Igreja de Santo André is a gothic church in Mafra, Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Igreja Nova.
Mafra
- Categories: municipality of Portugal and locality
- Location: Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.937° or 38° 56′ 13″ northLongitude
-9.3282° or 9° 19′ 42″ westPopulation
76,700Elevation
232 metres (761 feet)Open location code
8CCGWMPC+QPOpenStreetMap ID
node 25611738OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
8010563Wikidata ID
Q986419
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Welsh—“Mafra” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Mafra”
- Armenian: “Մաֆրա”
- Basque: “Mafra”
- Belarusian: “Мафра”
- Catalan: “Mafra”
- Cebuano: “Mafra (munisipyo sa Portugal, Distrito de Lisboa, lat 38,94, long -9,33)”
- Cebuano: “Mafra”
- Chechen: “Мафра”
- Chinese: “Mafra”
- Chinese: “马夫拉”
- Czech: “Mafra”
- Dutch: “Mafra (Portugal)”
- Dutch: “Mafra”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مافرا”
- Esperanto: “Mafra”
- French: “Mafra”
- Galician: “Mafra”
- German: “Mafra”
- Greek: “Μάφρα”
- Hebrew: “מפרה”
- Irish: “Mafra”
- Italian: “Mafra”
- Japanese: “マフラ”
- Korean: “마프라”
- Lithuanian: “Mafra”
- Lombard: “Mafra (Portogall)”
- Lombard: “Mafra”
- Malay: “Mafra, Portugal”
- Maltese: “Mafra”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Mafra”
- Mirandese: “Mafra (Pertual)”
- Mirandese: “Mafra”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mafra”
- Norwegian: “Mafra”
- Novial: “Mafra, Portugal”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Mafra”
- Polish: “Mafra”
- Portuguese: “Mafra”
- Portuguese: “Município de Mafra”
- Russian: “Мафра”
- Serbian: “Мафра”
- Silesian: “Mafra (Portugalijo)”
- Silesian: “Mafra”
- Slovak: “Mafra”
- Spanish: “Mafra”
- Swedish: “Mafra”
- Tatar: “Мафра”
- Turkish: “Mafra”
- Ukrainian: “Мафра”
- Vietnamese: “Mafra, Bồ Đào Nha”
- Vietnamese: “Mafra”
- Volapük: “Mafra”
- Waray (Philippines): “Mafra Municipality”
- Waray (Philippines): “Mafra”
- Welsh: “Mafra”
- “Mafra”
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