Cruz de Portugal
Cruz de Portugal is a historic site in Silves, Faro District. Cruz de Portugal is situated nearby to the government office Finanças SF - Silves, as well as near the college O Piaget - Campus de Silves.Photo: Reipes, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Silves Cathedral and Poço-cisterna árabe de Silves.
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 740 metres southwest of Cruz de Portugal.
Poço-cisterna árabe de Silves
Reservoir
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Poço-cisterna árabe de Silves is a reservoir.
Pelourinho de Silves
Photo: Lusitana, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pelourinho de Silves is situated 1 km southwest of Cruz de Portugal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Estômbar and Porches.
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 7 km southwest of Cruz de Portugal.
Porches
Town
Porches is a civil parish/freguesia in the municipality of Lagoa in Portugal, about 10 km east of the city of Lagoa. The population in 2011 was 2,011, in an area of 15.64 km2. It was elevated to the status of a town on July 12, 2001. Porches is situated 8 km south of Cruz de Portugal.
Parchal
Town
Photo: Pacanherros, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 10 km southwest of Cruz de Portugal.
Cruz de Portugal
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: monument in Silves, Faro District, Portugal
- Categories: calvary, cultural heritage, tourism, historic site, and wayside cross
- Location: Silves, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.19445° or 37° 11′ 40″ northLongitude
-8.43234° or 8° 25′ 56″ westInception
16th centuryOpen location code
8C9H5HV9+Q3OpenStreetMap ID
node 766108052OpenStreetMap feature
historic=wayside_crossOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q18464498
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Cruz de Portugal” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “Cruz de Portugal”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Finanças SF - Silves and O Piaget - Campus de Silves.
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