Museu da Cortiça
Museu da Cortiça is a museum in Silves, Faro District. Museu da Cortiça is situated nearby to the mosque Mesquita Tarik IBNU-ZIYAD Silves, as well as near the theater building Teatro Mascarenhas Gregório.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Poço-cisterna árabe de Silves and Silves Cathedral.
Poço-cisterna árabe de Silves
Reservoir
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Poço-cisterna árabe de Silves is a reservoir.
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 270 metres west of Museu da Cortiça.
Pelourinho de Silves
Photo: Lusitana, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pelourinho de Silves is situated 420 metres southwest of Museu da Cortiça.
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 Museu da Cortiça.
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 Museu da Cortiça.
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 Museu da Cortiça.
Museu da Cortiça
- Type: Museum
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Silves, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.19081° or 37° 11′ 27″ northLongitude
-8.43565° or 8° 26′ 8″ westOpen location code
8C9H5HR7+8POpenStreetMap ID
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