Bordeira is a

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in the municipality of

Aljezur Aljezur () is a town and municipality of the District of Faro and Algarve region, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,884, in an area of 323.50 km². The municipality comprises 4 parishes. History Aljezur Do árabe al jazair, plu ...

. The population in 2011 was 432,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
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, along the western coast of the

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. The region, typical of the Algarve coastal areas, is dotted with many beaches, with the most important being the beaches of ''Praia do Amado'' and ''Praia da Bordeira'', which attract both local and tourist vacationers. It contains the village of Carrapateira.

History

Until 1837, the parishes of Carrapateira and Bordeira were actually separate ecclesiastical administrative divisions, of the neighbouring municipality of

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. When these two parishes were converted reallocated during the administrative reforms of Mouzinha de Silveira's government, they were integrated into one parish, and the parish transferred to the settlement of Bordeira which was more secular located in the interior.

Geography

The civil parish is located along the western coast of Portugal, in the southern limit of the municipality of Sabroa, bordered in the north by the civil parish of

, east by the parish of

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and south-east by the parish of

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(both in the municipality of

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and south by the parish of

(in the municipality of the same name). It is highlighted by its small chapel, constructed after the 1755 earthquake, heavily carved with gilded interior and

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. The church is dedicated to the patron, ''Nossa Senhora da Encarnação'' (''Our Lady of the Incarnation''). Bordeira is better remembered for its beachfront and sand dunes, popular with surfers who visit ''Praia da Bordeira'.

Architecture

Civic

* Museu do Mar e da terra (''Museum of the Sea and Land'')

Religious

. * Chapel of Nossa Senhora de Fátima (''Our Lady of Fatima'') was inaugurated in May 1959. * Church of Nossa Senhora da Encarnação (''Our Lady of the Incarnation''), or Matriz Church of Bordeira, was constructed following the 1755 earthquake and tsunami, in a simple style consisting of one nave, presented by a triumphal arch, high altar, with Baroque era styling, but with a Manueline-era portico that gives access to the local cemetery (which was not its original function); * Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição (and Fort of Carrapateira), the 17th-century fortress and religious platform that protected the village of Carrapateira until the end of the 18th century

References

;Notes ;Sources * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bordeira ( Aljezur ) Villages in the Algarve Freguesias of Aljezur