Lagoa e Carvoeiro

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'''Lagoa e Carvoeiro''' is a civil parish in the municipality of Lagoa, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former civil parishes of Lagoa and Carvoeiro.<ref>{{cite web|title=Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 59|url=https://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2013/01/01901/0000200147.pdf |accessdate=9 July 2014|author=''Diário da República''|language=Portuguese|format=pdf}}</ref> The population in 2011 was 9,987,<ref name=ine>[http://www.ine.pt/ngt_server/attachfileu.jsp?look_parentBoui=165404348&att_display=n&att_download=y Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)], Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal</ref> in an area of 39.13 km².<ref name=dgt>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dgterritorio.pt/cartografia_e_geodesia/cartografia/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal_caop_/caop__download_/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal___versao_2017__em_vigor_/ |title=Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país |access-date=2018-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105172426/http://www.dgterritorio.pt/cartografia_e_geodesia/cartografia/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal_caop_/caop__download_/carta_administrativa_oficial_de_portugal___versao_2017__em_vigor_/ |archive-date=2018-11-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The offices of the ''freguesia'' (civil parish) are in part of the Convent of Saint Joseph.

==Description== The historical centre of the civil parish consists of rows of white houses, where broad and narrow streets are intermixed, revealing modern buildings and old palatial houses, some dating from before the Great Earthquake of 1755.

In the same historical center are found old doors and Manueline windows, four-sided roofs and arches spanning narrow lanes, and the vestiges of buildings which have long disappeared.

In Lagoa it is possible to find 18th-century buildings as well as modern ones, historical monuments, and contemporary sculptures which show how the city has evolved into a harmonious weaving of many threads.

==Localities== {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * Alfanzina * Algar Seco * Areias dos Moinhos * Benagil * Caramujeira * Carmo * Carvoeiro * Lagoa * Lombos * Mato Serrão * Poço Partido * Salicos * Sesmarias * Torrinha * Vale Covo * Vale da Lapa * Vale de Centeanes * Vale de Currais * Vale de El-Rei * Vale de Milho {{div col end}}

List of beaches in the parish of Lagoa and Carvoeiro (from West to East): {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * Vale da Lapa Beach * Cama da Vaca Beach * Padre Vicente Beach * Três Castelos Beach * Salgadeira Beach * Vale dos Currais Beach * Paraíso Beach * Carvoeiro Beach * Vale Covo Beach * Vale de Centeanes Beach * Vale de Espinhaço Beach * Carvalho Beach * Benagil Beach * Corredoura Beach * Cão Raivoso Beach * Mesquita Beach * Marinha Beach * Pau Beach * Malhada do Baraço Beach * Barranquinho Beach * Salgueiro Beach * Estaquinha Beach * Albandeira Beach {{div col end}}

==Historic sites== * Alfanzina Lighthouse (Carvoeiro) * Church of Our Lady of Light (Lagoa) * Convent of Saint Joseph (Lagoa) * Convent of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Lagoa) * Menhir of Caramujeira

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://www.uf-lagoaecarvoeiro.pt/ Civil Parish official website]

Category:Parishes of Lagoa, Portugal Category:Towns in Portugal