Paderne, Albufeira

Paderne is a village and a civil parish in the municipality of Albufeira, Algarve, Portugal. The village is situated 7.4 miles north of the town of Albufeira, 23 miles west of Faro and is 151 miles from Lisbon. The village has good transport links being very close to junctions on the A2 motorway to Lisbon and the IP1 coastal motorway.The nearest airport is at Faro [http://www.ana.pt/portal/page/portal/ANA/AEROPORTO_FARO/] . The nearest Railway station is at Albufeira [ [http://www.cp.pt/cp/displayPage.do?contentId=a11071328b6a6010VgnVCM1000007b01a8c0RCRD&vgnextoid=c37c23aabd984010VgnVCM1000007b01a8c0RCRD Ficha de Estação :: CP :: (Versão Portuguesa) ] ] . The Population for the Parish of Paderne is 3,504 (2001 Figures) [//circa.europa.eu/irc/dsis/regportraits/info/data/en/pt15.htm] and the parish has an area of 55.64 square kilometres.

The Parish Church

The Parish Church is called ‘Our Lady of Assumption’ and it was built in the early part of the 1500’s to replace the older chapel of Nossa Senhora do Pé da Cruz (Our Lady at the foot of the Cross), which was within the precinct of the nearby castle of Paderne.The church has many features that have been added to the original structure over the passing centuries. Inside the church can be found wooden sculptures dating from the 17th and 18th Centuries. There are three naves in the church.

ee also

*Paderne Castle

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