Moncarapacho

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Template: Infobox city in Portugal / maintenance / management location is empty Template: Infobox city in Portugal / Maintenance / Web page is blank Moncarapacho is a comune ( Freguesia ) at the Portuguese circuit ( concelho ) Olhão, the Algarve. 7699 inhabitants live in it (as at 30 June 2011).

Geography

Moncarapacho is located southwest of the Serra de Monte Figo. It is 6 km north of the county town of Olhão, and about 16 km north-east of the district capital of Faro.

History

Finds such as the remains of a series of watchtowers and surrounding mounting traces evidence of a settlement of the area before the arrival of the Romans in the 2nd century BC, which made ​​it a part of their province of Lusitania. After invasion of Germanic tribes in the 5th century AD they were expelled from the early 8th century by the Moors, and the area became part of al -Andalus. During the Reconquista, the present municipality was, together with the whole Algarve, in 1250 part of the Kingdom of Portugal.

The first official mention of the modern village is documented in a letter from the king D.fernando I from the year 1368. 1471 is the place to Vila ( town ) was raised and has been the seat of an independent community.

Culture and sights

A number of remains of various watchtowers and fortifications of different epochs can be seen in the community. At the local monuments include further historic public buildings, a windmill, two mansions, and various religious buildings, including the 15th-century and has since been rebuilt several times parish church Igreja Paroquial de Moncarapacho (also Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Graça ), which today features Gothic to Baroque shows. The historical town center as a whole is a listed building.

The Museu de Moncarapacho Paroquial to find local archaeological and ethnographic exhibits, as well as sculptures and sacred art.

Founded in 1963, The People's Dance Club Rancho Folclórico de Moncarapacho also represented internationally already often the traditions of the town and the region.

Management

Moncarapacho is the seat of an eponymous municipality ( Freguesia ). The following villages are in the community:

  • Alfandanga
  • Areias
  • Bias do Norte
  • Bias do Sul
  • Fontes Santas
  • Foupana
  • Gião
  • Lagoão
  • Laranjeiro
  • Maragota
  • Murteira
  • Pereirinhas
  • Pereiro
  • Pés do Cerro
  • Quatrim do Sul

Traffic

The village lies on the railway line Linha do Algarve. He is connected with its own exit ( # 15 ) to the A22 motorway.

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