Talk:Algarve
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(I have little experience with Wikipedia, so maybe someone else who is more knowledgeable can correct the following bug:
The link to Lagos does not lead to Lagos/Portugal but to Lagos/Nigeria.) - ... already done
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[edit] Merge with Faro?
I suppose this article should be merged with Faro (district) since the region is now called Faro after it's capital like in other Iberian regions.
- When I was in school Portugal had 11 regions (caled "Provícias") and 18 districts caled "distritos". Algarve is a província and Faro a district. A region was not the same thing as a district. What has changed and where can I get + info about it ?. Take a look at pt:Algarve and pt:Distrito de Faro. My opinion is that, in this subject, we should wait for the Portuguese language Wikipedia to change first. --OsvaldoGago 21:10, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
- I am strongly against such merger. The Algarve and the district of Faro do have the same area, but they're different concepts. The Algarve is a region, the district of Faro is an administrative entity. Besides, if the articles were to be meged, which would be main article and which would redirect? I can't imagine Wikipedia without an article about the Algarve, and it would be awkward for the district of Faro to lose its article when all the other Portuguese districts have their own articles.--Húsönd 18:12, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Proposal to merge Al'Garb Al'Andalus into this article
Although Al'Garb Al'Andalus is a history stub, there does not seem to be much to say about it, other than that the name was used. I'm suggesting a merger with Algarve. Copying the current paragraph to some other article on the history of Portugal might also be a good option. FilipeS 14:44, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
Proposal withdrawn. On second thoughts, the topics of each article are quite different. FilipeS 20:53, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Madeleine McCann
Not too sure what this has to do with Tourism in the Algarve. I notice that there is already a reference to this under Praia da Luz and as such I doubt the relevance of it here. I'm removing it for the time being, if Wiki users desperately want it back then I suggest it be retitled "Notable events" or merged with the History section. VTSPOWER 10:29, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
- I agree; the Praia da Luz mention is needed since this village is inextricably linked in international media reports with the disappearance. However, the connection with this article is too remote. TerriersFan 16:26, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Kingdom of the Algarves
I think a separate page for the Kingdom of the Algarves (and later of either sides of the sea...) would be great, with a template in the style of the one seen in Portuguese Malacca and Kingdom of Portugal.Câmara (talk) 20:56, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
where does this image come from? waht is the origin of this coat of arms? it should be wither source or removed, as it seems to me as a possible hoax--BBird (talk) 15:07, 19 February 2008 (UTC).
- It wasn't me that added it, but I saw it in some maps of the XVIIth century, that, if I record correctly, were dutch-made. The title of the maps was something like "Portugalliae & Algarbii" and the coat-of-arms of Portugal and Algarve were shown (the algarvian coat-of-arms was shown next to algarve, without possible confusion). Here is one example: http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3800/776/1600/1705-1739.jpg .
Please note that sometimes the coat-of-arms does not have an arab-dressed-like man but a black man with a "rambo-like" stripe, sometimes red, sometimes white (the link I indicated has the black man). I saw all these variations. I would like to know when this coat-of-arms was made, and if it is as old as the portuguese conquest of Algarve in 1249.Câmara (talk) 11:31, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
I was at a lecture given at the Municipal Library in Lagoa in March by the head of the heraldry club in the Algarve, and he showed this coat of arms (and explained it) as part of his lecture on the making of coats of arms. It is valid. I will try to find the notice of the lecture and get in touch with the lecturer so that we can add an appropriate reference. Ron B. Thomson (talk) 18:55, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
I have found the lecture notice -- no e-mail contact -- but the shield on it (slightly different) is for the Heraldic Society. I made a rough sketch of the shield for the King of the Algarve (or Kingdom -- "King" may be my abbreviation) which more or less matches the design under discussion. I did not note the background colours. Ron B. Thomson (talk) 15:58, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Reference?
Praia da Marinha, Lagoa was classified as one of the 100 most beautiful and well preserved beaches of the world.
Where is this from?--Catpochi (talk) 07:05, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
