Ermida de Nossa Senhora dos Mártires

Ermida de Nossa Senhora dos Mártires is a church in Silves, Faro District. Ermida de Nossa Senhora dos Mártires is situated nearby to Largo Mártires da Pátria, as well as near the square Largo da República.

Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Church
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Description: cultural heritage monument in Silves, Portugal
Also known as: “Igreja de Nossa Senhora dos Mártires” and “Igreja dos Mártires”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Silves Cathedral and Câmara Municipal 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 460 metres east of Ermida de Nossa Senhora dos Mártires.

Câmara Municipal de Silves

Town hall

Photo: Peter Broster, CC BY 2.0.

Câmara Municipal de Silves is a town hall, which is situated 340 metres east of Ermida de Nossa Senhora dos Mártires.

Pelourinho de Silves

Photo: Lusitana, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Pelourinho de Silves is situated 380 metres east of Ermida de Nossa Senhora dos Mártires.

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 6 km southwest of Ermida de Nossa Senhora dos Mártires.

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 southeast of Ermida de Nossa Senhora dos Mártires.

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 9 km southwest of Ermida de Nossa Senhora dos Mártires.

Ermida de Nossa Senhora dos Mártires

Categories: hermitage church, cultural heritage, building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Silves, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

37.18948° or 37° 11′ 22″ north

Longitude

-8.44375° or 8° 26′ 38″ west

Open location code

8C9H5HQ4+QG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 569130718

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=roman_catholic

Wikidata ID

Q66813911

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In Other Languages

“Ermida de Nossa Senhora dos Mártires” goes by many names.

Portuguese: “Ermida de Nossa Senhora dos Mártires”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Largo Mártires da Pátria and Largo da República.

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