Ferragudos historia

22 april 2025

Hero of the resistance from Ferragudo

On April 25 the “Day of Freedom” is celebrated in Portugal. On April 25 1974, after more than 40 years, the nonviolent Carnation Revolution ended the authoritarian “Estado Novo” regime. In Ferragudo the picturesque shopping...

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9 april 2025

Hur såg Ferragudo ut för 500 år sedan?

Staden Ferragudo finns för första gången med på en karta över Portugal och Algarve från 1560. 40 år efter grundandet fanns det uppenbarligen redan en synlig bosättning som motiverade en notering på kartan. Kartan var...

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20 juli 2024

Ferragudo, a royal favour to the bishop

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...

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19 juni 2024

The establishment of Ferragudo in 1520

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...

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19 juni 2024

The Romans scattered money here

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...

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19 juni 2024

The Romans were also on the beach in Ferragudo

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...

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