Tuesday, 9 February 2021

TRAFARIA + PORTO BRANDÃO + COVA DO VAPOR


TRAFARIA
38° 40' 11" N;  9° 14' 20" W

Trafaria was a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Almada, with an area of 5.73 km² and 5 696 inhabitants (2011). Density: 994.1 inhabitants / km².
It was extinguished in 2013, having been added to the parish of Caparica to form a new parish called União das Freguesias de Caparica and Trafaria with headquarters in Caparica.
The Trafaria is located on the left bank of the Tagus River between Bico da Calha and Portinho da Costa. In Cova do Vapor (a town with wooden houses, mostly used as a second home.) The Tagus River meets the Atlantic Ocean.










































PORTO BRANDÃO
38° 40′ 48″ N, 9° 12′ 36″ W

Porto Brandão is a locality in the parish of Caparica, with an excellent strategic location, bathed by the River Tajo and connected with Belém (Lisbon) through a boat service.
Since a long time ago this point has been an obligatory stop for travelers. There was witness to the presence of Romans and Arabs in the area, who converted to this location in the main entrance gate of the village. In this place, separated from Lisbon by the Tajo, several types of boats have been built.
It has a rich gastronomy in seafood and tuna fish.






COVA DO VAPOR
38.66463º N; 9.25468º W

Cova do Vapor is a town and seaside resort in the parish of Trafaria, municipality of Almada, district of Setúbal. It is in this place that the junction between the Tagus River and the Atlantic Ocean occurs. To the south is the Atlantic Ocean and to the north the Tagus River.
It was a fishing village but today it is a seaside, fishing and suburban village. In fifty years, it has been pushed more than half a dozen times by the sea into the Mata de S. João; its inhabitants walked with the house on their backs, on top of oxen 's joints.
Since the end of the 40s of the 20th century, there have been significant setbacks on the coastline between Cova do Vapor and Costa da Caparica (only between 1947-1951 have they disappeared 500m).
It is a unique village, a place where everything is different. There is no school, health center, or trace of public service. It is a contradictory place, an exceptional relic.
The constructions, more or less precarious, on top of each other, exponents of ingenuity and disenchantment, sometimes without realizing where they start and end the others.
They are houses and houses, with only two dirt streets, where are the few shops on earth, capable of letting cars pass by; but the labyrinth of paths meanders everywhere.



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