The FATACIL ( pt, Feira de Artesanato, Turismo, Agricultura, Comércio e Indústria de Lagoa), the ''Craft, Tourism, Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Fair of Lagoa'', occurs annually (since 1980) for 10 days in August in the ''Parque de Feiras e Exposições'' (''Fair and Exhibition Grounds'') in the Algarvan city of

Lagoa, Portugal Lagoa () is a city and municipality in the district of Faro, in the Portuguese region of Algarve. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 22,975, in an area of 88.25 km². Its urban population, in the city of Lagoa proper, is 6,100 in ...

. The fair is attended each year by thousands of visitors from all parts of the country (the last few years the attendance has been about 180,000), not only because of their interest in promoting traditional arts and crafts which are on the edge of extinction, but also for the shows which occur daily. Recently there have been about 800 exhibitors of various products including the arts and crafts of Portugal generally, and of the Algarve in particular: articles made of everything from

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s to

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and

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; lacework; artifacts made of

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;

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and ceramics;

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items; basket work; or the typical Algarve

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s of Martim Longo and

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. This fair went on hiatus in 2020.

External links

Cometoportugal.com: FATACIL (Craft, Tourism, Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Fair of Lagoa) website
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