Loulé Municipality
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Loulé [ lolɛ ] is located in the Algarve, about 16 kilometers north of Faro, a district town in the south of Portugal.
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- 5.2 Demographics
- 5.3 Local holiday
- 5.4 Town twinning
History
Finds evidence of a settlement since the Paleolithic. From the Iron Age increasingly other nations came here. Carthaginians and Phoenicians settled here. From the 2nd century BC, the Romans subjugated the region, and subsequently began an economic boom. From 711, the Moors conquered the region. Loulé was an Arab city that has shaped the historic town center today.
King D.Afonso III. conquered the city in 1249 by the Arabs and gave her 1266 city rights. With the onset Portuguese expeditions and the resultant in the 16th century Portuguese Empire experienced Loulé, like a number of places in the Algarve, an economic boom. The Lisbon earthquake of 1755 also called in Loulé produced great destruction which threw back the strong development of the town.
Since the 20th century the city experienced then considerable changes in terms of their economic and urban development. Contributed to this, not least of tourism, of which the county could benefit, for example, with its developed tourism towns such as Quarteira and Vilamoura, attracting international visitors in large numbers.
Nationally known also is the inspired Brazilian Carnival parade of the city, which attracts many visitors every year from across the country.
Culture and sights
Buildings, Landmarks
- Roman Villa of Vilamoura south-west of Loulé.
- Castelo de Loulé in the city center
- Three-aisled church Igreja Matriz da main São Clemente
- Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Piedade
- Neo - Moorish Market Hall
- Bell tower next to the church of São Clemente, probably going back to a minaret of the 10th or 11th century
Exhibitions and Museums
- Archaeological Museum
Regular events
- Farmer's Market ( every Saturday morning at the market hall )
- Carnival in the Avenida José da Costa Mealha. He is considered one of the most colorful in all of Portugal
Sports
In the Algarve Stadium multiple games of the 2004 European Football Championship took place. Since 1994, Loulé is one of the venues of the Algarve Cup, participate in the every spring some of the best women's football teams.
As the most important sports club founded in 1923, is considered here the Louletano Desportos Clube. His professional football team plays after a few seasons in Portugal's second division now (2013 ) again in the third highest league.
In Loulé the Centro Ciclismo de Loulé cycling team - Louletano is located, which is dedicated to the professional cycling race. Cycling in the form of mountain bike competitions, however, pursued the Clube BTT Terra de Loulé.
Gallery
Loulé
Minaret tower
Covered market
Place in the market hall
Management
Circle
Loulé is the largest county in the Algarve region, bordering the circles (clockwise starting from the north ): Almodôvar, Alcoutim, Tavira, São Brás de Alportel, Faro, Albufeira, Silves and the Atlantic Ocean.
The municipality of Loulé is divided into 11 municipalities ( Freguesias ):
- Almancil
- Old man
- Ameixial
- Benafim
- Boliqueime
- Quarteira
- Querença
- Salir
- São Clemente (Loulé )
- São Sebastião (Loulé )
- Tôr
Demographics
Local holiday
- Ascension of Christ
Twinning
- Cape Verde Cape Verde: Boa Vista ( Cape Verde)
- Brazil Brazil: Aquiraz, State of Ceará ( cooperation agreements)
- Spain: Cartaya
- Guinea- Bissau Guinea- Bissau: Bissoarã region Oio
- France France: Le Puy -Notre -Dame
- People's Republic of China People's Republic of China: Haikou ( under negotiation)
- Mozambique Mozambique: Manica ( in initiation )
- Argentina Argentina: Belén de Escobar ( in initiation )
- Angola Angola: Benguela ( in initiation )
Economy
An important industry is tourism. There is next to a large salt mine in Loulé many craft shops that produce, among other unglazed pottery, leather goods and large copper boiler for distillation.
Traffic
Loulé is connected across the railway line Linha do Algarve Lagos, Faro and Vila Real de Santo António.
The city owns two junctions of the A22 motorway.
The village is part of the nationwide bus network of speech Expressos.
Sons and daughters of the town
- José Mendes Júnior Cabeçadas (1883-1965), Vice- Admiral and Republican politician, in 1926 Prime Minister
- Francisco Xavier Cândido Guerreiro (1871-1953), lawyer, local politician, poet and playwright
- Duarte Pacheco (1900-1943), engineer, university professor and politician, Minister in the Estado Novo regime
- Maria Campina (1914-1984), pianist
- Manuel Correia Abreu (1915-1983), educator and local politician
- Manuel da Luz Afonso (1917-2000), coach of the national football team in their third World Cup place in 1966
- Laura Ayres (1922-1992), physician and virologist
- Rogério Fernandes Ferreira (1929-2010), economist, university professor and government adviser
- Casimiro de Brito ( born 1938 ), writer and translator, especially of Haikus
- Aníbal Cavaco Silva ( born 1939 ), President, Prime Minister before
- António José Cavaco Carrilho ( b. 1942 ), Bishop of Funchal
- Júlio Guerreiro (1944-2011), journalist and urban organizer, innovater since the nationwide populät become Carnival
- Lidia Jorge (* 1946), writer
- José Sousa Ramos (1948-2007), mathematician and professor
- António Laginha (* 1955), dancer, choreographer, journalist and university teacher
- Felícia Cabrita (* 1963), journalist and author
- José Carlos Fernandes (born 1964 ), comic book writer
- Farrajota Miguel (born 1967 ), rally driver
- Ana Baptista de Sousa (born 1971 ), writer
- Nuno Guerreiro (born 1972 ), musician, known as the singer of the successful pop group Ala dos Namorados
- Idalécio Silvestre Lopes Soares Rosa ( born 1973 ), football player
- Jamila Madeira ( * 1975), socialist politician
- Victória Guerra (* 1989), actress