Retorta
Retorta is a hamlet in Faro District, Portugal. Retorta is situated nearby to the hamlet Falacho, as well as near Vale de Lama.Places of Interest
Highlights include Silves railway station and Silves Cathedral.
Silves railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ajpvalente, CC BY 3.0.
Silves is a railway station on the Algarve line which serves Silves, Portugal. It opened on 1 February 1902. The station is now without staff. As of May 2024, electrification of the Tunes to Portimão section of the railway is under way, with completion expected by the end of 2024. Silves railway station is situated 2½ km east of Retorta.
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 3 km east of Retorta.
Parque Municipal das Fontes
Park
The Parque Municipal das Fontes, or Fontes de Estômbar, is a park surrounding a major spring situated on the left bank of the estuary of the Arade River, north of the town of Estômbar, in Lagoa Municipality. Parque Municipal das Fontes is situated 2½ km southwest of Retorta.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Estômbar and Silves.
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 4 km south of Retorta.
Silves
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Silves is a city in the Algarve. It was the capital of the nominal Kingdom of the Algarve and is of great historical importance.
Parchal
Town
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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 6 km southwest of Retorta.
Retorta
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Faro District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.18201° or 37° 10′ 55″ northLongitude
-8.47022° or 8° 28′ 13″ westOpen location code
8C9H5GJH+RWOpenStreetMap ID
node 13334176869OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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