Albufera

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: María Jesús Redondo

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Feb 07, 2018 04:29 PM — History

Once a Spanish city, Albufera is today located in the south of Portugal, in the region of Algarve. It belonged to the kingdom of Alfonso X (XIII century). Its modern Portuguese name is Albufeira.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/329205587

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.0903678, -8.2455958

Locations:

Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of modern Albufeira (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Albufeira (Portuguese, modern)
- Albufera (Spanish, AD 640 - AD 1453)

Albufera makes connections with:

None

Albufera receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement, settlement-modern

References:

See Further:

Wikipedia (Spanish) Albufeira

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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Suggested citation:
María Jesús Redondo, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Albufera: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/329205587> [accessed: 19 May 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/329205587 |title=Places: 329205587 (Albufera) |author=Jesús Redondo, M. |accessdate=May 19, 2025 1:15 am |publisher=Pleiades}}