Ponta da Piedade
Ponta da Piedade is a headland with a group of rock formations along the coastline of the town of Lagos, in the Portuguese region of the Algarve. Consisting of yellow-golden cliff-like rocks up to 20 meters high, they are one of the most famous touristic attractions of Portugal.- Type: Locality
- Description: Portuguese rock formation
- Also known as: “Carso Litoral da Ponta da Piedade” and “Carso litoral da Ponta da Piedade, Ponta de João Arens e Carvoeiro”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ponta da Piedade Lighthouse and Praia do Camilo.
Ponta da Piedade Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Tony Bowden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Ponta da Piedade Lighthouse is located at Ponta da Piedade in Lagos, in the Algarve region of Portugal. It started operations in mid-1913.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bairro de Casas para Famílias Pobres em Lagos and Bairro de Santo Amaro I.
Bairro de Casas para Famílias Pobres em Lagos
Neighborhood
Photo: Ajpvalente, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bairro de Casas para Famílias Pobres em Lagos is a neighborhood.
Bairro de Santo Amaro I
Neighborhood
Photo: Bextrel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bairro de Santo Amaro I is a neighborhood.
Praia da Luz
Town
Praia da Luz, officially Luz, is a civil parish of the municipality of Lagos, in Algarve region, Portugal. The population of the civil parish in 2011 was 3,545, in an area of 21.78 km2. Praia da Luz is situated 5 km west of Ponta da Piedade.
Ponta da Piedade
- Categories: natural monument, cape, rock, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: São Gonçalo de Lagos, Lagos, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.08312° or 37° 4′ 59″ northLongitude
-8.67119° or 8° 40′ 16″ westOpen location code
8C9H38MH+6GOpenStreetMap ID
way 373743348OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bare_rockOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q2103673
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Ponta da Piedade” goes by many names.
- French: “Ponta da Piedade”
- German: “Ponta da Piedade”
- German: “Ponta Piedade”
- Portuguese: “Ponta da Piedade”
- Spanish: “Ponta da Piedade”
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