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Painel de Azulejos Infante Dom Henrique

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Rua do Rossio
8600, Bensafrim

Lagos

A tile panel to remind Henry the Navigator's passage in this place and to celebrate the 6oo years of his birth.

Painel de Azulejos Alcácer Quibir

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Avenida dos Descobrimentos
8600, Lagos

Lagos

A tile panel that represents the Alcácer Quibir battle, with references to the disappearance of king Dom Sebastião. It was inaugurated in the 1980s.

Muralhas e Torreões de Lagos / Baluarte da Porta dos Quartos

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Rua Infante de Sagres
8600-743, Lagos

Lagos

Of the ancient walls there are only left the Gate of Portugal, the Gate of the Postigo and the remannts of old courtiers. It is said that Dom Sebastião was present at a field mass before going to the battle of Alcácer Quibir and that he saw it from a manuelin window one can still see on the walls.

Moinho de Odiáxere

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Rua da Barragem
8600, Odiáxere

Lagos

A recovered wind mill.

Moinho da Rua de Santo Amaro

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Rua de Santo Amaro
8600, Lagos

Lagos

Igreja Matriz da Conceição de Faro

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Rua 25 de Abril
8000, Faro

Faro

A church with a longitudinal plan, a sole nave and a manuelin main chapel, with a portal of the late Renaissance. The main façade and the belltower are neoclassic. One should notice the triumphal arch and the main chapel with a star dome.

Edifício do Teatro Lethes/ Antigo Colégio de Santiago Maior

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Rua de Portugal, 58
8000-281, Faro

Faro

This small building was built in a place previously occupied by the Colégio de Santiago Maior. It was founded in the first half of the 17th century by the Companhia de Jesus. In the 19th century, the church was adapted to a theatre and the three doors and three windows of the original building were preserved. The central body was enlarged at the expense of the two towers that surrounded it. The interior was adapted to its new functions.

Convento de Nossa Senhora da Assunção

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Praça Dom Afonso III, 14
8000-167, Faro

Faro

This convent, founded by Dona Leonor, is an important example of the first Renaissance art in the Algarve. The church's dome has a rococo decoration of the 18th century. There is also a curious watchtower of the 16th century.

Seminário Episcopal de São José

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Largo da Sé, 19
8000, Faro

Faro

A seminary with two floors, asymmetric fenestration in the north part rococo and regular in th south part neoclassic. One should notice the large dimensions of the building and th architectural individuality of the dining room and of irs diammetrically opposed part. A note also to the design of the span frames, in cut rod, with stonework in the main façade and mortar in the public area.

Igreja de São Sebastião

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Largo de São Francisco
8000-142, Faro

Faro

A small gothic chapel is all that is left of the original medieval building. In the main chapel there is a golden sculptured panel of the 18th century. The walls have white and blue tiles and pattern polychrome.

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