Quarteira River

Quarteira River
Quarteira River near the Acudes do Castelo, Paderne
Country Portugal
Region Algarve
District Faro
Municipality Albufeira
Primary source Algibre River
 - location Paderne, Algarve
 - elevation 50 m (164 ft)
 - coordinates PT 37°10′51.9″N 8°12′27.8″W / 37.181083°N 8.207722°W / 37.181083; -8.207722
Secondary source Alte River
 - location Paderne
 - elevation 50 m (164 ft)
 - coordinates PT 37°10′51.9″N 8°12′27.8″W / 37.181083°N 8.207722°W / 37.181083; -8.207722
Mouth Into the Atlantic at Quarteira
Red Dot = Mouth of the Quarteira River

River Quarteira is a small river in the Portuguese region of the Algarve.[1] The river begins at the conflux of two tributary rivers a little north of the village of Paderne. The tributary rivers are the River de Alte and the River de Algibre.[2]

Description

The Quarteira is one of a number of small rivers in the central Algarve which make up the water ecosystem known as the Querença – Silves Aquifer System.[3]

Places of interest

A short distance from the confluence of the Quarteira the river passes the village of Paderne and then snakes in a large loop around a hill which is topped by the remains of the Moorish Castle of Paderne.[4] Below the castle are the remnants of two watermills. The first is to the Acudes do Castelo[5] which is in the north-west valley below the castle and the second watermill is called Alfarrobeiro and is south of the castle. Next to this watermill stands a Bridge built by the Romans. The Roman bridge is location on the rocky peninsular bend and was of strategic importance to the Romans, as it controlled the ancient Roman road Via Lusitanorum.

The river passes under the A22-IP1 motorway[6] north of the Castle of Paderne. 
The Roman Bridge near Paderne Castle 
Alfarrobeira Watermill 
Old photograph of the railway bridge across the river near Boliqueime 
Quarteira River near the Acudes do Castelo, Paderne 

References

  1. ↑ Portuguese civilian survey: Sheet 52B Albufeira. Publishers: Instituto Geográfico Português (Portugal Civilian Survey. Scale:1:50,000. ISBN 972-8867-11-5
  2. ↑ The Algarve. Sheet Map showing the course of the River Quarteira and its Confluences. Rough guides – Penguin Group. 2010. ISBN 9781848364981.
  3. ↑ "Quantifying and modelling the contribution of streams that recharge the Querença – Silves Aquifer in south Portugal" (PDF). Information about the Aquifer System. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences.
  4. ↑ Nobre, Idalina Nunes (2009). Albufeira - from the Middle Ages to the Old Regime. Reference to location of the castle on a sharp meanderbof the river Quarteira. Albufeira City Council. p. 28. ISBN 978-972-8124-36-6.
  5. ↑ Gordalina, Rosário (2008), SIPA, ed., Azenha em Paderne/Moinho de Água em Paderne (PT050801030027) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, retrieved 27 February 2012
  6. ↑ "Spain & Portugal 2012, Tourist and Motoring Atlas. Pub:Michelin, 2011, ISBN 978-2-06-717415-3


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