Op 25 april wordt in Portugal de ‘Dag van de Vrijheid’ gevierd. Op 25 april 1974 kwam, na meer dan 40 jaar, met de geweldloze Anjerrevolutie een eind aan het autoritaire ‘Estado Novo’ bewind. In...
The town of Ferragudo is first indicated on a map of Portugal and the Algarve from 1560. 40 years after its foundation there was apparently already a visible settlement that justified an entry on the...
It is believed that the Algarve Bishop, who was based in Silves, took the initiative to found Ferragudo. Around 1520, Portugal was a world power through explorations and conquests. The gold, slave and spice trade...
On August 21, 1520, Queen Dona Leonor fulfils the request of the city of Silves to establish a settlement on the site of Ferragudo with her decree. That is why the main square is named...
For three thousand years the mouth of the Arade River has been visited by distant nations in search of a safe haven and trade. The Phoenicians, who inhabited the eastern coast of the Mediterranean where...
The coast of the Algarve was an ideal place 2000 years ago for the production of ‘garum’, a fish sauce that was very popular in Roman cuisine. The main ingredients fish, salt and sun were...
