Odeleite

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Odeleite
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Odeleite
Odeleite (Portugal)
Odeleite
Basic data
Region : Algarve
Sub-region : Algarve
District : Faro
Concelho : Castro Marim
Coordinates : 37 ° 20 ′  N , 7 ° 29 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 20 ′  N , 7 ° 29 ′  W
Residents: 763 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 142.24 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 5.4 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 8950-403
politics
Mayor : José Joaquim Ribeiros Gonçalves ( PSD )
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de Odeleite
Rua de São Bráz, nº 1
8950-403 Odeleite
Website: www.jf-odeleite.pt

Odeleite is a municipality ( freguesia ) in the Portuguese district ( concelho ) of Castro Marim , in the Algarve . It has 763 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

The river Odeleite , in the background the town

history

According to the history of the entire district, Odeleite was probably also a prehistoric settlement area before it became part of the Roman province of Lusitania . After the invasion of Germanic tribes in the 5th century AD, the Moors conquered the area in the early 8th century. They maintained an agricultural production unit (Qarya) in today's Odeleite. The current place name also goes back to the Arabs, who called the river wdi al-laban ( Portuguese : Rio de Leite, German: river made of milk) running here . In the course of the Reconquista , Paio Peres Correia conquered the current district of Castro Marim in 1242 , under King D.Afonso III. first gave town rights in 1277 .

Landscape near Odeleite, in the background the reservoir Barragem de Odeleite

Odeleite has been an independent community since the 16th century and has its own church.

Culture and sights

The monuments of the municipality include various windmills, the cemetery, and the three-aisled parish church Igreja Paroquial de Odeleite (also Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Visitação ) from the 16th century. The historic center of Odeleite as a whole is also a listed building.

The archaeological excavations Alcarias de Odeleite trace the agricultural production site (Qarya) of the Arabs , which was established here from the 8th century .

The Odeleite dam

A viewpoint (Miradouro) is set up on a hill , which gives a wide view of the surrounding area, u. a. to the nearby reservoirs Odeleite and Beliche .

With the Casa de Odeleite , a local museum was opened in June 2012, which is to be followed by the rural tourism facilities .

Web links

Commons : Odeleite  - 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. ↑ www.baixoguadiana.com  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 2, 2013@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.baixoguadiana.com  
  4. ↑ www.monumentos.pt , accessed on March 2, 2013
  5. ↑ ditto
  6. ↑ ditto
  7. ↑ www.academia.edu , accessed on March 2, 2013
  8. ↑ Article of January 3, 2013 in the weekly Expresso , accessed on March 2, 2013