Galiza
Galiza is a hamlet in Cascais e Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon District. Galiza is situated nearby to the neighborhood Monte Leite, as well as near Bairro Novo do Pinhal.Places of Interest
Highlights include Artificial caves of Alapraia and São João do Estoril railway station.
Artificial caves of Alapraia
Nature reserve
Photo: Roundtheworld, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Artificial caves of Alapraia constitute a prehistoric necropolis formed by four subterranean tombs or hypogea that were created by excavating marlstone rock using stone tools.
Fort of São Teodósio da Cadaveira
Fort
Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, Public domain.
The Fort of São Teodósio da Cadaveira, located at Estoril, Lisbon District, Portugal, is one of a series of more than a dozen fortresses built between 1642 and 1648 during the period of the Portuguese Restoration War with the purpose of forming a defensive line between the Tower of Belém on the RiverTagus and Cabo da Roca on the Atlantic coast, in order to defend the city of Lisbon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caparide and Matarraque.
Matarraque
Neighborhood
Cascais is a town and municipality in the Lisbon District of Portugal, located on the Estoril Coast. The municipality has a total of 214,158 inhabitants in an area of 97.40 km2. Matarraque is situated 2½ km east of Galiza.
Tires
Hamlet
Photo: Rúdisicyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tires is a Portuguese village located in the civil parish of São Domingos de Rana, in the coastal municipality of Cascais. Tires is situated 3 km east of Galiza.
Galiza
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Cascais e Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.706° or 38° 42′ 22″ northLongitude
-9.38363° or 9° 23′ 1″ westOpen location code
8CCGPJ48+9GOpenStreetMap ID
node 5268899339OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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