Carcavelos

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Carcavelos ( Portuguese pronunciation: kɐɾkɐvɛluʃ ) is a Portuguese parish west of the capital Lisbon. Patron saint of the village is Nossa Senhora dos Remédios (Portuguese for Our Lady of Salvation ).

History

Carcavelos was led to the elevation of the neighboring village Oeiras in 1760, as a small town ( Vila ). After that was the place until 1898 part of the circle of Oeiras, since 1898, the commune belongs to Cascais.

It lost the title Vila, although the village was inhabited as early as the seat of the municipality tight. In the district of Cascais, there are only two Vilas: Parede Cascais.

1870 was created with the first two submarine cables of the telegraph line to Porthcurno an important information link for the British Empire.

The name of the old and well-known quality liqueur wines, the Vinho de Carcavelos ( a Vinho generoso ), derives from the community whose região demarcada ( dt: Demarkationsregion ) is the smallest within Portugal and next to the first demarktierten area of ​​the world, the Alto Douro, one of the oldest in the world.

The area has been due to its beach, which is one of the largest in the area, the most commonly approached from the Linha de Cascais places. Thus, the risk is said to have increased by petty crime in recent years. (: Trawl, a robbery of about 500 members of youth gangs dt ) specified on the beach of the community, reminiscent of similar raids at the Copacabana (Brazil ) An example of this is especially the occurred in 2005 " Arrastão ". However, the spread in the international press about the case later turned out to be a false message. Young people of African, Brazilian and Eastern European origin are said to have caused a considerable stir on the beach, but had to show the summoned police forces no further fisticuffs on, also no thefts or robberies officials have been reported.

Structures

• Igreja de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios Renaissance church in the Mannerist style
• Fonte de São João or Cantinho de São João

Management

Carcavelos is a comune ( freguesia ) of the circle ( concelho ) of Cascais in Lisbon District. In a 4.5. square kilometers live 23,028 inhabitants (as of 30 June 2011). The population density is 5106 inhabitants per km ².

The following villages are in the community:

• Arneiro
• Carcavelos
• Junqueiro
• Quinta dos Lombos - Sul and Norte
• Quinta da Alagoa
• São Miguel das Encostas
• Sassoeiros
• Rebelva ( partial)
• Quinta de S. Gonçalo

Leisure

• Praia de Carcavelos, known for bodyboarding and surfing to train.