Olhão (parish)

Olhão
Civil parish
The marketplace

Coat of arms
Olhão
Coordinates: 37°01′34″N 7°50′28″W / 37.026°N 7.841°W / 37.026; -7.841Coordinates: 37°01′34″N 7°50′28″W / 37.026°N 7.841°W / 37.026; -7.841
Country Portugal
Region Algarve
Subregion Algarve
Intermunic. comm. Algarve
District Faro
Municipality Olhão
Area
 • Total 12.25 km2 (4.73 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 14,914
 • Density 1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Postal code 8700
Area code 289
Website http://www.jf-olhao.pt/

Olhão is a civil parish in the municipality of Olhão, in the Portuguese Algarve. The population in 2011 was 14,914,[1] in an area of 12.25 km².[2] Olhão is the largest parish by population density in the municipality.

Architecture

Church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário
front elevation (south), July 2014
Church of Nossa Senhora da Soledade
side elevation (west), showing dome
  • Church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário (Portuguese: Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário), constructed in the first-half of the 17th century, it became the centre of the parish when in 1695, Olhão was raised to the status of ecclesiastical parish. It was damaged during the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, but reconstructed during the intervening years to include five altars that included retables for Senhor dos Passos; Santa Clara; Santa Luzia and São Sebastião;[3]
  • Church of Nossa Senhora da Soledade (Portuguese: Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Soledade), built in the Baroque and Roccoco styles, the church was once the parochial church, but is primarily used as a pilgrimage chapel.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ↑ Direção-Geral do Território Archived 2014-09-29 at Archive.is
  3. ↑ Fernandes, Paulo (2001). SIPA, ed. "Igreja Paroquial de Olhão/Igreja de Nossa do Rosário/Capela de Nossa Senhora dos Aflitos (PT050810030027)" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA–Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. ↑ Fernandes, Paulo (2001). SIPA, ed. "Igreja Paroquial de Olhão/Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário/Capela de Nossa Senhora da Soledade (PT050810030028)" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA–Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
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