Category: Civil Architecture > Festival Ground
District: Faro > Tavira > Ilha de Tavira
- Origin as a support structure for fishing frames.
- Construction of the arraial in 1943, replacing one previously destroyed by the sea.
- Project authored by Eng. Sena Lino, divided into housing, industrial and leisure areas.
- Classified as a Property of Public Interest in 2002.
- Representative of the few remaining Algarve arraiais.
- Discontinuation due to the decrease in tuna fishing from 1961 onwards.
- Partial abandonment in the 70s and 80s.
- Conversion into the Vila Galé Albacora hotel in 2000.
- Located at the mouth of the Gilão River, in Quatro Águas.
- Confluence of the Gilão River, the Cabanas Canal, the Tavira Canal and access to the sea through Tavira Island.
- Pier with manual crane on the river.
- Wall delimiting the space with two entrance gates.
- Residential area with two squares and five streets.
- Leisure area with school, bathing area, chapel, medical post, public toilets and club.
- Complete sewage system and water cisterns.
- Combination of traditional materials (bush-hammered stone, barrel tile, clay tiles, tile panels, painted wooden doors) with modern techniques (direct foundations in masonry, concrete stairs, plastered solid brick walls, roof structures in wooden trusses).
- Presence of a museum in the Vila Galé Albacora Hotel.
- Exhibition dedicated to the art of tuna fishing.
- Good maritime and land connections.
- Pier to the sea and access to the railway for transporting products and supplies.
Sources: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arraial_Ferreira_Neto
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.pt
Coordinates DD: 37.118898,-7.626704
Coordinates DMS: 37°07'8.0"N 07°37'36.1"W
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