Charneca
Charneca is a locality in Pedrógão, Torres Novas, Santarém District. Charneca is situated nearby to the locality Cabeça Alta, as well as near the hamlet Alqueidão.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cave of Aroeira and Gruta da Nascente do Almonda.
Cave of Aroeira
Cave
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The Cave of Aroeira is an archaeological and paleoanthropological site in the Portuguese Estremadura Limestone Massif. The cave is located in the village of Almonda, in the civil parish of Zibreira, in the municipality of Torres Novas in the district of Santarém. Cave of Aroeira is situated 3½ km southwest of Charneca.
Gruta da Nascente do Almonda
Cave
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Gruta da Nascente do Almonda is a cave, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Charneca.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Almonda and Zibreira.
Almonda
Hamlet
Almonda is a Portuguese village of around 300 inhabitants in the civil parish of Zibreira, within the municipality of Torres Novas and the Santarém District. Almonda is situated 4½ km southwest of Charneca.
Zibreira
Village
Zibreira is a civil parish in Portugal, located within the municipality of Torres Novas, in the Santarém District. It is noted for the Aroeria cave, where the Aroeira 3 skull of a 400,000 year old Homo Heidelbergensis was found, being the oldest trace of human history in Portugal. Zibreira is situated 6 km south of Charneca.
Moitas Venda
Village
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Moitas Venda is a civil parish in Alcanena Municipality, in the Médio Tejo Subregion of Oeste e Vale do Tejo Region, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 866, in an area of 6.75 km². Moitas Venda is situated 7 km southwest of Charneca.
Charneca
- Type: Locality
- Location: Pedrógão, Torres Novas, Santarém District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
39.53241° or 39° 31′ 57″ northLongitude
-8.59214° or 8° 35′ 32″ westOpen location code
8CFHGCJ5+X4OpenStreetMap ID
node 3358770007OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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