tavira ALGARVE
The city with its 37 churches.
The church of Santa Maria do Castelo, built on the site of a Moorish mosque holds the tombs of D Paio Peres Correia and his knights. The church dates from the 13th century and the clock tower has been remodeled from the original Muslim minaret. A bust of Dom Paio Perres Correia who died in 1275 can be seen on the corner of the town hall.
The population is in the region of 25,000 inhabitantss Tavira is still fairly rural and undeveloped. This is now changing due to the demands of the tourist industry
The beach for this town lies past the salt pans and is reached by boatst that takes the visitor to the sand-bar island known as Ilha de Tavira, part of the Ria Formosa
The Ria Formosa lagoon, located in Algarve, in southern Portugal, is a system of barrier islands that communicates with the sea.
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The importance of the salt mines as habitat for the aquatic birds has been recognized, as an attribute of basic importance in the conservation of rare and threatened species in the estuary.
There is still a small traditional fishing fleet, some of the old fishing boats with their traditional colors and fishing artifacts.
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