Conceição e Estoi is a civil parish in the municipality of Faro, part of the Portuguese Algarve, formed in 2013 from the merger of the former parishes Conceição and Estoi.[1] The population in 2011 was 8,176,[2] in an area of 68.40 km².[3]

Conceição e Estoi
Civil parish
Conceição e Estoi Location in Portugal
Coordinates: 37°3′36″N 7°55′12″W
Country	Portugal
Region	Algarve
Intermunic. comm.	Algarve
District	Faro
Municipality	Faro
Area
• Total	68.40 km2 (26.41 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	8,176
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Website	Junta Freguesia

Architecture

• Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Portuguese: Igreja Paroquial da Conceição de Faro/Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição); a Manueline era religious building classified as a Monumento de Interesso Público (Monument of Public Interest).[4] Associated with the late-Renaissance and 19th century, the longitudinal plan includes single nave and main chapel with triumphal arch and vaulted ceiling on corbels.[4] In addition, the church is known for its late-Renaissance portal, main facade and neoclassical bell tower, as well as its architectural sobriety contrasting with the decoration of the triumphal arch and cover of the chancel in starry vault.[4]

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