Menir da Casa do Francês
Menir da Casa do Francês is an archaeological site in Vila do Bispo e Raposeira, Vila do Bispo, Faro District. Menir da Casa do Francês is situated nearby to the archaeological site Menir Pedra Escorregadia 1, as well as near Medir Pedra Escorregadia 2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Câmara Municipal de Vila do Bispo and Igreja matriz de Vila do Bispo.
Câmara Municipal de Vila do Bispo
Town hall
Photo: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Câmara Municipal de Vila do Bispo is a town hall, which is situated 1½ km north of Menir da Casa do Francês.
Igreja matriz de Vila do Bispo
Church
Photo: Elingunnur, CC BY 3.0.
Igreja matriz de Vila do Bispo is a church, which is situated 1½ km northeast of Menir da Casa do Francês.
Conjunto de menires de Milrei e do Padrão
Archaeological site
Photo: Pedro Ponce Asensio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conjunto de menires de Milrei e do Padrão is an archaeological site, which is situated 2½ km east of Menir da Casa do Francês.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Figueira and Sagres.
Figueira
Village
Figueira is a village near Portimão in the Algarve in Portugal. In the English-speaking world its main claim to fame is the disappearance there, on 12 September 2004, of a local girl, eight-year-old Joana Cipriano, and the subsequent conviction of her mother and uncle for murder. Figueira is situated 7 km east of Menir da Casa do Francês.
Sagres
Sagres is the southwesternmost point of Portugal and of Europe, in Barlavento, western Algarve, a beach destination with some nice churches, lighthouses and forts.
Budens
Village
Photo: Frank Jahnholz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Budens is a village, which is situated 8 km east of Menir da Casa do Francês.
Menir da Casa do Francês
- Type: Archaeological site
- Also known as: “Casa do Francês”
- Categories: menhir, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Vila do Bispo e Raposeira, Vila do Bispo, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.06937° or 37° 4′ 10″ northLongitude
-8.91795° or 8° 55′ 5″ westOpen location code
8C9H339J+PROpenStreetMap ID
node 12522595943OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q109564285
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In Other Languages
From Portuguese to Spanish—“Menir da Casa do Francês” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “Menires da Casa do Francês”
- Spanish: “Menhires de Casa do Francês”
- Spanish: “Menhires de la Casa del Francés”
- Spanish: “Menires da Casa do Francês”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Menir Pedra Escorregadia 1 and Medir Pedra Escorregadia 2.
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