Cacém

Cacém is a suburb in União das freguesias de Agualva e Mira-Sintra, Sintra, Lisbon District and has about 94,000 residents. Cacém is situated nearby to the hamlet Paiões, as well as near Vale Mourão.

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Type: Suburb with 94,000 residents
Description: quarter of Agualva-Cacém city, Sintra
Also known as: “Cacem”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Anta de Agualva and Archaeological Site of Colaride.

Anta de Agualva

Archaeological site

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The Anta de Agualva, also known as the Anta do Carrascal, is a megalithic dolmen situated in an urban area of Agualva-Cacém in the municipality of Sintra, in the Lisbon District of Portugal.

Archaeological Site of Colaride

Archaeological site

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The archaeological site of Colaride, is a Roman necropolis in a natural cave, located in the Portuguese civil parish of Agualva e Mira-Sintra, municipality of Sintra.

Urban and Linear Park Dom Domingos Jardo

Park

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Queluz and Amadora.

Queluz

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Queluz is a Portuguese city in Sintra municipality in Greater Lisbon, Estremadura, and home to one of the finest examples of Rococo architecture in Europe: the Queluz National Palace.

Amadora, officially City of Amadora, is a city and municipality in the northwest of the Lisbon metropolitan area and 10 km from central Lisbon. The population in 2011 was 175,136, in an area of 23.78 km2.