Mafra

Mafra is a city of 77,000 people in , , . It is mostly known for the sumptuous Mafra National Palace, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Museu Nacional da Música and Igreja de Santo André.

Museum
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The Museu da Música is a museum in the , 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.

Church
Photo: Pedro, CC BY 2.0.
is a gothic church in Mafra, . It is classified as a National Monument.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Igreja Nova.

Village
Photo: Rúdisicyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village.

Mafra

Latitude
38.937° or 38° 56′ 13″ north
Longitude
-9.3282° or 9° 19′ 42″ west
Population
12,300
Elevation
300 metres (984 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PT MFR
Open location code
8CCGWMPC+QP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25611738
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2266865
Wiki­data 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”
  • Urdu: “مافرا، پرتگال”
  • Vietnamese: “Mafra, Bồ Đào Nha”
  • Vietnamese: “Mafra”
  • Volapük: “Mafra”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mafra Municipality”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mafra”
  • Welsh: “Mafra”
  • “Mafra”

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