Vilar de Mouros
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Vilar de Mouros is a civil parish ("freguesia
") in the municipality of Caminha
, Portugal
. Located on the banks of the Coura
, 7 km from the municipal seat, it became famous as the location of the oldest rock festival in Portugal - the Vilar de Mouros Festival
.
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...
") in the municipality of Caminha
Caminha
Caminha is a municipality in the north-west of Portugal, 21 km north from Viana do Castelo, located in the Viana do Castelo District.The municipality has a total area of 137.4 km² and 16,839 inhabitants ....
, 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...
. Located on the banks of the Coura
Coura
Coura may refer to the following places in Portugal:* Coura , a civil parish in the municipality of Armamar* Coura , a civil parish in the municipality of Paredes de Coura...
, 7 km from the municipal seat, it became famous as the location of the oldest rock festival in Portugal - the Vilar de Mouros Festival
Vilar de Mouros Festival
Vilar de Mouros Festival is the oldest rock festival in Portugal. It is organised yearly near Caminha in Vilar de Mouros, northwestern Portugal.-1971:Main acts:* Pop Five Music Inc.* Psico* José Cid e o Quarteto 1111* Sindikato* Celos* Pentagono...
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