Monchique (parish)
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Monchique is a freguesia
(parish) in Monchique Municipality (Algarve, Portugal
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Freguesia
Freguesia is the Portuguese term for a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and some of its former colonies, and a former secondary local administrative unit in Macau, roughly equivalent to an administrative parish. A freguesia is a subdivision of a concelho, the Portuguese synonym term...
(parish) in Monchique Municipality (Algarve, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
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Main sites
- Nossa Senhora do Desterro Convent
- Monchique Church or Nossa Senhora da Conceição Church
- FóiaFóia (mountain)With an altitude of and a topographic prominence of , Fóia is the highest mountain of Algarve, Portugal. It is part of the Serra de Monchique range and is located at within Monchique parish....
, highest mountain in Algarve