Budens

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Budens
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Budens coat of arms
Budens (Portugal)
Budens
Basic data
Region : Algarve
Sub-region : Algarve
District : Faro
Concelho : Vila do Bispo
Coordinates : 37 ° 5 ′  N , 8 ° 50 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 5 ′  N , 8 ° 50 ′  W
Residents: 1520 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 45.6 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 33 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 8650-058
politics
Mayor : Maria Celestina dos Santos Silva Leal Costa
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Budens
Largo do Sol Posto
8650-058 Budens

Budens is a place and a municipality on the Portuguese south coast, the Algarve . The municipality is located in the Natural Park Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina .

View of Budens

history

Rear of the fortress Forte de São Luís de Almádena

Finds prove a prehistoric settlement, in particular the important archaeological site from the Paleolithic in Vale de Boi and the Bronze Age tomb in Figueira.

A villa from Roman times was found here on Boca do Rio Beach .

Today's place was first mentioned in the 16th century as an up-and-coming fishing village. Increasing pirate attacks made it necessary to build defensive structures. The other places in the municipality were created at the same time, with the exception of Figueira, which was mentioned as early as 1374.

In 1925, some municipal areas were spun off from Budens and have since formed the independent municipality of Barão de São Miguel .

Attractions

Archaeological sites

In Figueira u. a. See dinosaur footprints and a Bronze Age burial site.

Vale do Boi is home to one of the most important Portuguese archaeological sites from the Paleolithic.

The Roman villa, excavated in 1878 at the archaeological site of Ruínas Lusitano-Romanas da Boca do Rio in the locality of Boca do Rio, dates from Roman times .

The eastern stretch of the Burgau beach

Fortresses

There are three fortifications in the municipality of Budens:

  • In 1632, the Forte de São Luís de Almádena (also Forte da Boca do Rio ) was built here to protect against ongoing attacks by corsairs and pirates .
  • The fortress Forte de Burgau in Burgau , which has been preserved in ruins, also dates from the 17th century . It was badly damaged in the earthquake of 1755 and completely decommissioned after the Miguelistenkrieg in 1834.
  • The fortress Forte de Vera Cruz (also Forte de Vera Cruz da Figueira or just Forte da Figueira ) in the municipality of Figueira was also built in the 17th century, but in connection with the Restoration War after 1640. It is also a listed building.

Others

Fishing boats on Salema beach

A major draw for visitors should be the beaches in the municipality, particularly Salema , Burgau, and the beaches of Figueira ( Figueira and Furnas ). Sometimes you can still watch fishermen at work here.

Some sacred buildings are also among the monuments of the community. In addition to the church of Figueira and two Baroque chapels in the parish, this is the parish church of Budens from the Rococo , the Igreja Paroquial de Budens (also Igreja de São Sebastião after its patron saint ).

The Santo António golf course is another attraction in the municipality.

administration

Budens is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Vila do Bispo , in the district of Faro . 1520 inhabitants live in it on an area of ​​46 km² (as of June 30, 2011).

Population development in the municipality of Budens (1864–2011)

The following localities are in the municipality:

Web links

Commons : Budens  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ^ Entry of the Lusitanian-Roman archaeological site Ruínas Lusitano-Romanas da Boca do Rio in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 26, 2016
  4. ↑ a b Information sheet on the municipality of Budens from the Vila do Bispo district administration (pdf), accessed on March 26, 2016
  5. ^ Entry of the Forte de Vera Cruz fortress in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 26, 2016
  6. ^ Entry of the parish church of Budens in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 26, 2016