Tour - ArchiTourAlgarve - 04. Fuseta

ArchiTourAlgarve - 04. Fuseta

Moncarapacho, Faro 8700, Portugal

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Urbanism of Fuseta dates from the 16th century with the first fishermen seasonal settlements in huts located at the beach on the west side of the river, which became permanent due to the enhanced security provided by the construction of a battery.

In the second half of 16th century, it was already considered a place of residence. The dwellings were displayed in parallel rows facing the sea, creating a proto orthogonal grid enclosed by the outer streets. The 18th century legislation contributed to the regularity of the Fuzeta’s urbanism.

Particularly, the law of 1776 which related to the calculation of rent in county lands. It recommended standardization of the size of the allotments and the prevalence of regular streets. This condition is visible in the regularity of the lot fronts of 19th century allotment campaigns, contemporary with the construction of most buildings of the historical centre. Discover the architecture of Fuseta by this walking tour

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What You'll See on the Tour

Train Station Fuseta-Moncarapacho

Train station Fuseta-Moncarapach(1904), one of the two train stations that Fuseta owns. The train station is part of a railway emplacement consisting of a train station, a covered loading dock / warehouse and three staff houses with an ... Read more

Tide mill 'Moinhos das Marés'

This area is known as the mill site and this mill was acquired by the grandfather of Margarida Gomes in 1920. When her grandfather bought it, the mill was no longer working. It served as housing for workers at the salt mines and the salt... Read more

Vila Helena Maria

Single-family housing with a composition that is characteristic of the architecture of the 1930/40s in the urban context of the Algarve and dedicated to upper-middle level housing. The house has a composition based on the right position o... Read more

Cinema Topázio

Former cinema with a characteristic layout that gives a wide diffusion and vulgarization of the architectural lexicon of the Modern Movement, in its mature period, in peripheral local promotions. Photo 7 map of the Cinema with explanation... Read more

Warehouse/Armazem

Surprising facade with a combination of natural stone, thin bricks (tiles) and framing stucco of this old "Warehouse/Armazem" next to the stairs to the church. Construction with barrel vault (abóbada) which is typical of the architectur... Read more

Igreja Sra do Carmo

In the year 1758 there was in Fuseta a chapel erected in honor of Our Lady of Carmo, yet the new Igreja Matriz was only erected in 1835. Photo 4: Map with explanation 01 - Entrance 02 - Graveyard 03 - Houses and annexes with land 04 - Cat... Read more

Bathhouse

Bathhouse implanted on an urban plot with two fronts on a public road close to the Church and next to the base of the staircase that overcomes the difference between the artery and the long frontier to Igreja Matriz de Fuseta. Balcony S... Read more

Vila do Carmo

Eclectic villa with details that are sometimes reminiscent of Jugendstil / Art Nouveau. Special symmetrical facade with oval-shaped window openings full of details on both sides and tasteful green tiling. ...

Neo-Moorish building

Neo-Moorish building - Rua de Liberdade 33. Building in the style of Moorish Revival/Ecletisism/Romantism with 'keyhole' door shapes on the ground floor.

Fish auctionn building

Fish auction building (commercial, contemporary architecture 1958 - 1959) owned by Sociedade Concessionária da Doca de Pesca, S.A. The company is now in charge of providing services for the first sale of fish.

Marked Hall

Marked Hall - the original construction is from 1867 but it is rebuilt in the 1950s and rehabilitated in 2003 & 2021. Photo 6: Map with the evolution of the Marked Hall: 01 - Areal before 1867 02 - Platform terrace with cais 03 - Mar... Read more

Maritime Authority Building

Fuseta Building/Office of the Maritime Authority of Olhão (1930. Eclectic building with beautiful protruding consoles and a beautiful platibanda. The ending of the terrace on the corner with classic 'vase ornaments'. ...

Casa Rua de Liberdade 16

Contemporary multi-family residential and commercial building located in front of a continuous street. Result from the expansion by one floor (in the 1950s) of the existing building, which was then remodeled. Expansion characterized by ... Read more

Fiscal Guard Post / National Republican Guard Post GNR

Fiscal Guard Post (GF) / National Republican Guard Post (GNR) situated on the area of the former Military Battery on this 'higher spot' in Fuseta installed in the 17th century to combat piracy in the coastal region. Photo 3: Map with expl... Read more

Primary School

The school first consisted of a building with two classrooms in 1946 and was expanded to four classrooms in the 1960s. The architecture is a typical adaptation of local elements (flat roofs with platibandas ) to national regulations for pr... Read more

Casa das Pescadores - Social Center for fisherman

Social Center in an architectural composition characteristic of the regionalist Portuguese practice in the decades of 1940 and 1960. A mix of elements of the 'Estado Novo' style, also called 'Portuguese Suave' style with decorations on th... Read more

Neighborhood - Houses for Fishermen/Casas para Pescadores

Bairro Casas para Pescadores Houses for fishermen is a single-family residential architectural complex. Economic housing for state public promotion (JCCP). Set of medium-sized fisherman's houses, composed of single-family band houses t... Read more

Apartments Del Mar Village

Del Mar Village consists of 70 apartments by Architects: Saraiva + Associados; Saraiva + Associates ... Read more

Lifeboat Station

The lifeboat station (1951) is a concrete structure with stilts and a ramp, feautures that enable it to launch boats at both low tide (baixamar) and hgh tide (preiamar). It's a great little example of classic modernist utilitarian architec... Read more