Guia (Albufeira)

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Guia
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Guia
Guia (Portugal)
Guia
Basic data
Region : Algarve
Sub-region : Algarve
District : Faro
Concelho : Albufeira
Coordinates : 37 ° 8 ′  N , 8 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 8 ′  N , 8 ° 18 ′  W
Residents: 4376 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 26.8 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 163 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 8200-434
politics
Mayor : Joaquim Vieira
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Guia
Travessa da Liberdade, N.º 2
8200-434 Guia

Guia , rarely also Alfontes da Guia , is a village and a municipality in southern Portugal . Guia is located about 9 kilometers northwest of the Algarve coast near Albufeira and about 45 northwest of Faro .

The Zoomarine water zoo and adventure park is located in the municipality.

The historic chapel of Nossa Senhora da Guia

history

The original settlement was founded by the Romans . The Arabs conquered it after 711 and named the place Alfontes .

The present town emerged much later, around the pilgrimage chapel of Ermida de Nossa Senhora da Guia . Located on a hill called Cerro de São Sebastião and built in the 16th century, legend has it that an apparition of Mary brought about the construction of the chapel. Believers may have come here since the end of the 15th century and built the chapel later. Settlement then spread from the hill, but very slowly.

In 1548 a Moorish sea ​​attack occurred on the nearby coast near Albufeira , in which six farmers were abducted as slaves. Thereupon, still under the rule of King D. João III. , erected a watchtower here, as part of a coastal surveillance system. In 1617 the municipality of Guia was created. Since then it has belonged to the Albufeira district.

administration

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

Guia is the seat of a municipality of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Albufeira in the Faro district . It has an area of ​​26.8 km² and 4376 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011), which corresponds to a population density of 163.3 inhabitants / km².

The following localities are in the municipality of Guia:

  • Álamos
  • Amendoal
  • Ataboeira
  • Barrancos
  • Cortelhas
  • Fonte
  • Gael
  • Guia
  • Ilha da Madeira
  • Monte Juntos
  • Mouraria
  • Pedra de Escorregar
  • Quinta da Felicidade
  • Quinta da Jolú
  • Quinta da Saudade
  • Quinta de Barrancos
  • Quinta dos Álamos
  • Tavagueira
  • Vale da Ursa
  • Vale de Parra
  • Vale Rabelho
  • Vale Verde
The municipal market hall in Guia

Buildings

  • Parish Church Igreja Paroquial da Guia (also Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Visitação )
  • Chapel of Ermida de Nossa Senhora da Guia
  • Igreja de São Sebastião Church
  • Market hall Mercado Municipal

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. ^ A b João Fonseca: Dicionário do Nome das Terras. 2nd edition, Casa das Letras, Cruz Quebrada 2007, p. 129 ( ISBN 978-9724617305 )
  4. ^ Entry of the Ermida de Nossa Senhora da Guia in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on December 10, 2016
  5. ↑ Introduction and under Cronologia in the entry of the watchtower Torre Velha in Guia in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on December 10, 2016
  6. ↑ Entry on Guia in the Memórias de Portugal , accessed on December 10, 2016