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A Tour of Faro, part I  22  23                     TEXT: Angelika Jończyk
                                                    PHOTO: Alba Vallés


















                                            Let’s start exploring!



                                            It’s best to start your journey
                                            around Faro in its heart, which

                                            is the Jardim Manuel Bivar. For
                                            years, it was a meeting place
                                            for all the city’s inhabitants. This
                                            place was always teeming with
 Faro history                               life, there were laughs and loud

                                            conversations from everywhe-
 Faro is a place of great historical        re. In addition, the place was
 importance as it has been in-              referred to as the “employment

 habited since prehistoric times.           center” because employers and
 During the Roman occupation,               potential employees met here.
 it got rich thanks to fishing and          So now the very popular job fairs
 salt mining in this area.                  were possible in this place so

 Ossónoba, as the Romans called             long ago!
 it, was the most important city in         Now, this park hosts various cul-
 the region and developed during            tural events, and you can often
 the Moorish conquest.                      hear live music.


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