Safira - Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal
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N 38° 36.995 W 008° 19.381
29S E 558937 N 4274447
Sapphire is an uninhabited village of Portugal, located in the Alentejo region and belonging to the municipality of Montemor-o-Novo.
Waymark Code: WMCK3W
Location: Évora, Portugal
Date Posted: 09/15/2011
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Today, Safira is a village without people. It is estimated that their past inhabitants have left in mid-1930.
According to some historians, the abandonment took place because people went looking for better living conditions, since it is a very isolated place.
From what Safira once was, there are only the houses left (some partly in ruins), and the small church.
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