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Monuments in Loulé
Praça da Avenida Infante de Sagres
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Avenida Infante de Sagres
8125, Quarteira
A square alongside the beach, excellent place for long walks.
Palácio de Gama Lobos
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Rua Nossa Senhora de Fátima, 205
8100, Loulé
The Gama Lobos palace is a noble house, with a coat of arms, dating back to the second half of the 18th century, and is the most expressive example of that period in Loulé. It is also known as the Palácio dos Espanhóis (Spaniards Palace), because ot shelterd the Spanish refugees during the Civil War. Currently, the House of Music of the municipality of Loulé and the Music Conservatory of Loulé are installed here.
Ruínas Romanas do Cerro da Vila
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Avenida Cerro da Vila, 2
8125, Vilamoura
The ruins of a 3rd century roman village made of two residential areas. The main area is by the port, as is the bathhouse, the necropolis, the dam and the place where the fish was salted. There are marble friezes and fragments of painted plaster which decorated the walls, as well as the remains of floors with polychrome mosaics. One can also find two rectangular tanks where the fish was salted. It is classified as a building of Public Interest.
Muralhas do Castelo de Loulé
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Rua da Barbacã, 31
8100, Loulé
What is left of the castle and the walls shows the importance it had at the time of the moorish occupation, be it for the dimensions of the walls, be it for the artistic and archeological importance of the identified materials.
Homenagem a José Cavaco Vieira
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Avenida 25 de Abril
8100, Alte
Homage to a man who devoted his life to the parish of Alte.
Ponte Romana da Estrada de Boliqueime
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Estrada de Boliqueime
8100, Loulé
Roman bridge under the Boliqueime road.
Escultura Zephirus
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Circular de Loulé
8100, Loulé
An iron sculpture, eight metres tall, which has a sort of a fan by Adam McClellan at the top. It was inaugurated on 14 July 2001.