Lavra

Demographic figures from INE Portugal. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

A lavra or laura is a type of monastery consisting of a cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the center. Lavra monasteries operate within the Orthodox and other Eastern Christian traditions; the name is also used by some Catholic communities. The term in Greek initially meant a narrow lane or an alley in a city. In a later Eastern Orthodox context, the term took on the new meaning of a large and important monastery.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

H

Hernâni Borges

Cape Verdean association football player

Domingos Paciência

Portuguese football player/manager

A

André Geraldes

Portuguese footballer

Fernando Teixeira dos Santos

Portuguese politician

N

Nené

Portuguese footballer

A

António Frasco

Portuguese football player/manager

Manuel da Silva Martins

Portuguese priest

José Domingues dos Santos

Portuguese prime-minister (1885-1958)

A

Albino Aroso

Portuguese doctor/politician (1923-2013)

S

Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva

Portuguese Roman Catholic bishop

Ricardo Reis

Portuguese economist

Bruno Fernandes

Portuguese association football player (born 1994)

C

Carlos Miguel Correia Fonseca

Portuguese footballer

E

Eduardo Lúcio Esteves Pereira

Portuguese football player/coach

E

Eliseu Ramalho

Portuguese footballer

F

Fernando Caiado

Footballer (1925-2006)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Porto

• Ferreiró
  6.2 mi away
• Casais
  21.1 mi away · pop. 1,401
• Premuda
  1196.9 mi away · pop. 65
• Olib
  1205.9 mi away · pop. 117
• Zapuntel
  1207.1 mi away · pop. 42
• Veli Rat
  1208.9 mi away · pop. 91
• Brgulje
  1209 mi away · pop. 63
• Verunić
  1209.2 mi away · pop. 54
• Soline
  1210.4 mi away · pop. 59
• Molat
  1210.4 mi away · pop. 85
• Božava
  1211.6 mi away · pop. 118
• Zverinac
  1212.1 mi away · pop. 55

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Lavra

Juventude, consumo & educação 4

Michele de Lavra Pinto · 2012

Juventude, consumo & educação 3

Michele de Lavra Pinto · 2011

A urgência de contar

Ana Paula Ferreira · 2002

Esperança

2016

Profetas Menores – Livro I

2015

O Poder Real da Consolação

2016

Jeremias

2015

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Plain Swift

Apus unicolor

Seen 2026-09-20

Tompot Blenny

Parablennius gattorugine

Seen 2026-09-20

Rock Goby

Gobius paganellus

Seen 2026-09-20

Shanny

Lipophrys pholis

Seen 2026-09-20

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Halyomorpha halys

Seen 2026-09-20

Yellow-haired Sun Fly

Myathropa florea

Seen 2026-09-20

Pampas Grass

Cortaderia selloana

Seen 2026-09-20

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-09-20

rock samphire

Crithmum maritimum

Seen 2026-09-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).