Subestação de Silves

Subestação de Silves is an electrical substation in Silves, Faro District. Subestação de Silves is situated nearby to the reservoir Reservatório Inicial de Silves, as well as near the town Porches.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Silves railway station and Silves Cathedral.

Silves railway station

Railway station

Photo: Ajpvalente, CC BY 3.0.

Silves is a railway station on the Algarve line which serves Silves, Portugal. It opened on 1 February 1902. The station is now without staff. As of May 2024, electrification of the Tunes to Portimão section of the railway is under way, with completion expected by the end of 2024. Silves railway station is situated 1½ km west of Subestação 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 2 km northwest of Subestação de Silves.

Pelourinho de Silves

Photo: Lusitana, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Pelourinho de Silves is situated 2 km northwest of Subestação de Silves.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Porches and Estômbar.

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 6 km south of Subestação de Silves.

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 Subestação de Silves.

Alcantarilha

Town

Photo: Lacobrigo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Alcantarilha is a former civil parish in the municipality of Silves, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Alcantarilha e Pêra. With an area of 19.54 square kilometres the population of 2347 inhabitants is dispersed throughout the territory. Alcantarilha is situated 9 km southeast of Subestação de Silves.

Subestação de Silves

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Silves, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

37.17766° or 37° 10′ 40″ north

Longitude

-8.42395° or 8° 25′ 26″ west

Operator

E-REDES

Open location code

8C9H5HHG+3C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 749716446

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