Friday, 16 October 2020

LOULÉ (ALGARVE)



LOULÉ
N 37° 8' 21"; W 8° 1' 24"

Loulé is a municipality in the Portuguese Algarve, district of Faro. In 2011, the population had 70,622 inhabitants, in an area of approximately 763.67 square kilometers (294.85 sq mi). The municipality has two principal cities: Loulé and Quarteira.
During Portugal's maritime expansion, the Algarve entered a new economic phase. Loulé, in this context, occupied an important place in the export of wine, olive oil, dried fruit, handicrafts, salt, and fish which allowed it to prosper and recover from many years of stagnation and decay: allowing the town to expand public spaces and construct new infrastructures.
Much of the village was destroyed in the 1755 earthquake: the towers of the castle cracked, walls crumbled, the church and Convent of Graça collapsed, and the parochial church experienced grave damage.
Loulé is also the largest municipality in the Algarve and includes well-known towns near the sea (like Vilamoura or Quinta do Lago) but also the hidden villages in the Algarve mountains where there are unmistakable landscapes.














































































































































































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 SEARCH IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER 
IN THE DISTRICT OF FARO




Alte  +  River Beach  +  Waterfall (Queda Vigário);

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Return to mainland Portugal & 
the Azores and Madeira islands




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