Sunday, 1 November 2020

NAZARÉ (PORTUGAL)

 


NAZARÉ
39° 36' 3" N, 9° 4' 21" W

Nazaré is a Portuguese village, in the district of Leiria, seat of the homonymous municipality and with about 10 300 inhabitants. Located in the province of Extremadura integrating the Intermunicipal Community of the West in the Center region.
The small municipality of Nazaré has an area of ​​82.43 km²
and 15 158 inhabitants (2011), and is subdivided into 3 parishes. The municipality is surrounded to the north, east, and south by the municipality of Alcobaça and to the west, it borders the Atlantic Ocean.
The current urban space of the village brings together three old settlements, Pederneira, Sítio da Nazaré and Praia da Nazaré, and new neighborhoods from the second half of the 20th century, such as Urbisol or Rio Novo, which arose as a result of the natural expansion of the three primitive nuclei.
Pederneira, currently one of the neighborhoods in the village of Nazaré, still maintains the old Paços do Concelho building, the pillory, the Matriz Church of Nossa Senhora das Areias and the Misericórdia church, as testimonies of its former condition as a county seat town.
Throughout the 20th century, Nazaré progressively evolved from a fishing village to a village dedicated to tourism, having been one of the first points of international tourist interest in Portugal. The tourism industry is now one of the main employers in the village.
Due to the worldwide projection that the giant waves of Nazaré have, the town has become the host of the biggest international surfing championships and receives many sportspeople of this modality, as well as thousands of curious and tourists who come to appreciate its courageous demonstrations.
It is part of the Nazarene tradition that seven women wear seven skirts.
The village of Nazaré is located 99 km north of Lisbon (122 km via A8, or 128 km via IC2 / A1), and 88 km southwest of Coimbra (109 km via A1 / A8).

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