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Arrifana Beach at sunset, Fishermen's Trail, Odeceixe, Portugal julesvernex2
Arrifana Beach at sunset, Fishermen's Trail, Odeceixe, Portugal. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- Arrifana Beach at sunset, Fishermen's Trail, Odeceixe, Portugal
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BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Arrifana
How work, access and surfing shaped Arrifana.
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Praia da Arrifana is a beach within the Municipality of Aljezur, in the Algarve, Portugal.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Work at the water’s edge
On the northwest side of the bay, there is the small fishing village of Arrifana and its small fishing harbour.
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ACCESS CHANGES
The shore becomes reachable
The beach is 6.0 miles (9.7 km) south south west of the village of Aljezur, and is 71.0 miles (114.3 km) north west, by road, from the regions capital of Faro.
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Surfing on Praia da Arrifana
A road trip adventure across Portugal! More at kyletaylor.com. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- A road trip adventure across Portugal! More at kyletaylor.com
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ORGANISED SPORT
Surfing reads the same coast differently
Even so, this is a very popular beach for surfing and body surfing.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Arrifana is recorded at 37.291° N, 8.867° W. A surf map fixes a name to one stretch of moving water, but the place changes with tide, swell direction, wind and the shape of the seabed.
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Arrifana Beach at sunset, Fishermen's Trail, Odeceixe, Portugal julesvernex2
Arrifana Beach at sunset, Fishermen's Trail, Odeceixe, Portugal. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Arrifana Beach at sunset, Fishermen's Trail, Odeceixe, Portugal
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
TODAY
Arrifana now
In the first area, there are the remains of a mosque with another adjoining mosque.
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THE LEDGER
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This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Arrifana Beach at sunset, Fishermen's Trail, Odeceixe, Portugal julesvernex2
AOD.EU.ARRIFANA.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Surfing on Praia da Arrifana
AOD.EU.ARRIFANA.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Praia da Arrifana overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.