Pólo Museológico de Salir

The Algarve


Within the area encompassed by what remains of Salir's ruined castle, this little museum has a glass floor above the 12th-century Moorish foundations. Other local archaeological finds include Neolithic menhirs (standing stones), Iron Age stelae (stone carvings) and Roman pottery. You can also pick up tourist information here.


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