Raposeira

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Raposeira
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Raposeira coat of arms
Raposeira (Portugal)
Raposeira
Basic data
Region : Algarve
Sub-region : Algarve
District : Faro
Concelho : Vila do Bispo
Freguesia : Vila do Bispo e Raposeira
Coordinates : 37 ° 5 ′  N , 8 ° 53 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 5 ′  N , 8 ° 53 ′  W

Raposeira is a place and a former municipality on the Portuguese south coast, the Algarve .

The place is located in the Natural Park Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina .

There is no connection to the well-known Portuguese sparkling wine of the same name, which is a brand from Lamego .

The Ermida da Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe near Raposeira

history

Finds prove a prehistoric settlement. Henry the Navigator is said to have lived here in the 15th century, but only evidence of his attendance at mass in the chapel of Ermida da Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe is documented . The chapel was founded by the Knights Templar in the 13th century during the Reconquista .

administration

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

Raposeira was the seat of a community of the same name ( Freguesia ) in the district ( concelho ) of Vila do Bispo in the Faro district . The community had 469 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

The following localities belonged to the municipality:

  • Cerro de Monchique
  • Hortas do Tabual
  • Marigil
  • Outeiros
  • Pisão
  • Quinta de Guadalupe
  • Raposeira

With the municipal reorganization of September 29, 2013, the municipalities of Raposeira and Vila do Bispo were merged to form the new municipality of Vila do Bispo e Raposeira .

The menhir Menir de Aspradantes

Attractions

The chapel of Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe from the 13th century is located in the area of ​​the former municipality of Raposeira.

The Aspradantes menhir is made of white limestone and is about 2.20 meters high. It is a listed building.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Portrait of the town of Raposeira at www.algarve-portal.com, accessed on March 26, 2016
  2. ↑ www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  3. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on October 1, 2014
  4. ^ Entry of the Menir de Aspradantes in the Portuguese list of monuments SIPA, accessed on March 26, 2016