Faro

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Faro
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Faro coat of arms
Faro (Portugal)
Faro
Basic data
Region : Algarve
Sub-region : Algarve
District : Faro
Concelho : Faro
Coordinates : 37 ° 1 ′  N , 7 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 1 ′  N , 7 ° 56 ′  W
Residents: 65,019 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 202.57 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 321 inhabitants per km²
Height: 6  m
Postal code : 8000-xxx
Faro district
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Flag of Faro Position of the Faro district
Residents: 65,019 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 202.57 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 321 inhabitants per km²
Number of municipalities : 4th
administration
Administration address: Município de Faro
Rua do Município
8000-398 Faro
President of the Câmara Municipal: Rogério Bacalhau ( PSD )
Website: www.cm-faro.pt

Faro is a port city with approx. 50,000 inhabitants (approx. 70,000 inhabitants in the district) on the southern tip of Portugal in the Algarve region . The city has an international airport and two universities. Faro is the administrative center of the Algarve and an important port protected by a lagoon that is now a nature reserve .

history

From an older Phoenician settlement, which was also used by the Greeks for a time, the oppidum Ossonoba emerged in Roman times . Due to its port and the proximity to rich fishing grounds, it became an important trading center for wine, oil and fish processing products , especially the garum , which is coveted throughout the ancient world , but also cured fish. Ossonoba was already in the 1st century BC. By Strabo and in the 1st century AD by Pliny in his natural history among the great oppida of the Iberian Peninsula . In the year 418 the Visigoths entered Faro victoriously and named the city "Santa Maria". At the end of the 6th century, Faro briefly belonged to the eastern Roman province of Spania . In the year 713 the city was taken by the Arabs / Moors and renamed “al-Uqshunuba” or “Shantamariyyat al-Gharb”. The place name Hárune , from which the current name is derived, has also been passed down. Bakr Ben Yahia founded a dynasty that ruled from Faro, which he fortified, from 875 to 931 over a principality in the Algarve . In 1217, during the Reconquista , crusaders sacked the city. After they cut Faro off from its hinterland, they conquered under the Portuguese King Afonso III. the city in 1249. Thanks to the printing house of the Jewish community, the first books printed in Portugal appeared in Faro in the 15th century. Faro received city ​​rights only in 1540 ; In 1577 the bishopric was moved from Silves to Faro . Robert Devereux , the Earl of Essex, had the city plundered and pillaged by his 3,000-strong troops during his campaign against the Spanish Cadiz in July 1596. Only the churches of Misericórdia and São Pedro remained intact. The valuable bishop's library ended up as looted art in Oxford . In 1722 and 1755, earthquakes in the Algarve also devastated Faro. As a result of the last earthquake in 1756, the seat of government of the Kingdom of Algarve was moved from Lagos to Faro, which was less destroyed. In 1808, Napoleonic troops took Faro under the command of General Junot ; however, a riot led to their expulsion. Faro has had its own university since 1979.

Attractions

  • The old town with its winding streets consists of houses from the 17th and 18th centuries, the poor structure of which, however, in many cases led to the residents moving out. Only the ground floor of many houses is still used for business purposes.
  • Through the Arco da Vila or the Arco do Repousado one arrives at the walled old town, the Vila Adentro , at the highest point of which is the Sé cathedral from the 13th / 18th century. Century on Largo da Sé as well as the elongated building of the former seminary and the town hall.
  • The former monastery of Nossa Senhora da Assunção from the 16th century has a beautiful Renaissance - cloister , serving since 1973 as an archaeological museum where u. a. Exhibits from the nearby Roman Milreu , but also azulejos and sacred art and painting are shown.
  • Sights include the Baroque Carmelite Church of Nossa Senhora do Carmo from the 18th century, whose gruesome attraction is the Capela dos Ossos ossuary, which is decorated with skulls and bones .
  • In the building of the harbor master is the Museu Marítimo , a maritime museum in which historical models of ships and fishing methods of the Algarve are shown.
  • The regional ethnographic museum is housed in the building of the district administration . Together with photos of the living and living conditions, handicraft objects, traditional costumes and detailed models from the entire Algarve are brought together here.

Public facilities

Faro train station

Transport infrastructure

Leisure and sports facilities

The Estádio Algarve

There are also a large number of sports fields and multifunctional halls in the communities. The district administration regularly offers guided hikes on the hiking trails in the district (project name Faro a Andar , German about: Faro erlauf).

administration

Faro City Hall

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Faro is the capital of the Faro district and the seat of a district of the same name (Portuguese: concelho ). The neighboring districts are (starting clockwise in the north): São Brás de Alportel , Olhão , Loulé . In the south lies the Atlantic .

With the regional reform in September 2013, several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from six to four.

The following municipalities ( Freguesias ) are in Faro County:

Faro district
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
Conceição e Estoi 8,176 68.40 120 080507
Montenegro 8,149 21.20 384 080506
Santa Bárbara de Nexe 4.116 38.22 108 080503
Faro (Sé e São Pedro) 44,578 74.75 596 080508
Faro district 65,019 202.57 321 0805

The actual urban area is the Freguesia Faro (Sé e São Pedro) .

Population development

Population in Faro County (1801–2011)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2011
23,881 18,733 34,104 28,456 35,651 45.109 50,761 58.051 64,560

Municipal holiday

  • 7th of September

Town twinning

Sister cities of Faro are:

  • MoroccoMorocco: Tangier , Morocco, (since 1985)
  • Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau: Bolama , Guinea-Bissau, (since 1988)
  • SpainSpain: Huelva , Spain, (since 1994)
  • Cape VerdeCape Verde: Praia , Cape Verde, (since 1997)
  • Sao Tome and PrincipeSao Tome and Principe: Príncipe , São Tomé and Príncipe, (since 2008)
  • United StatesUnited States: Hayward (California) , USA (since 1978)
  • MozambiqueMozambique: Maxixe , Mozambique, (since 2000)
  • China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China: Haikou , People's Republic of China, (since 2008)

Climate table

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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: wetterkontor.de
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Faro
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 16.1 16.7 18.4 19.8 22.4 25.4 28.7 28.8 26.7 23.1 19.4 16.7 O 21.9
Min. Temperature (° C) 7.7 8.4 8.9 10.4 12.5 15.7 17.9 18.0 16.9 14.3 10.9 8.6 O 12.5
Precipitation ( mm ) 78 72 39 38 21st 8th 1 4th 14th 67 86 94 Σ 522
Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 5.5 5.8 7.5 8.4 10.1 11.1 11.9 11.4 9.1 7.3 6.1 5.4 O 8.3
Rainy days ( d ) 8th 9 5 6th 3 1 0 1 2 6th 7th 8th Σ 56
Water temperature (° C) 15th 15th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th 20th 19th 17th 16 O 17.3
Humidity ( % ) 78 78 73 71 69 68 62 63 67 73 77 79 O 71.5
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Source: wetterkontor.de

sons and daughters of the town

Sebastião Cústodio de Sousa Teles
José Ferreiro (1930)
Miguel Alexandre

gallery

  • Igreja da Sé, the Cathedral of Faro.

  • At the episcopal see ( Paço Episcopal ).

  • Carmelite Church.

  • View from the monastery of Nossa Senhora da Assunção.

  • At the port of Faro.

  • Faro aerial view.

  • Palace of Estoi.

  • Faro shopping street

  • The gate to the old town

  • Jardim Manuel Bívar

  • The railway line in Faro runs along the coast

Web links

Commons : Faro  - album with pictures, 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. ↑ a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014
  4. ↑ Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses, Geminações de Cidades e Vilas , accessed on January 23, 2017