The Quarteira River is a small river in the Portuguese region of the Algarve. The river begins at the conflux of two tributary rivers a little north of the village of Paderne. The tributary rivers are the River de Alte and the River de Algibre.
Quarteira River near the Acudes do Castelo, Paderne
The outfall of Quarteira river into the Atlantic ocean at the entrance to Vilamoura marina which is in the municipality of Loulé, Algarve, Portugal.
The river passes under the A22-IP1 motorway north of the Castle of Paderne.
The Roman Bridge near Paderne Castle
Paderne is a village and civil parish in the municipality (concelho) of Albufeira, in the Portuguese region of Algarve. The population in 2011 was 3,304, in an area of 52.56 km2.
Paderne (Albufeira)
Castle of Paderne.
The medieval bridge of Paderne, wrongly assumed to have originated during Roman occupation.
The Castle of Paderne, a former Moorish citadel conquered by the forces of Paio Peres Correia during the Reconquista period.