The name Arco da Villa translates in Arabic as "City Arch", a neoclassical arch that forms the entrance to the old quarter of the Algarve, and was built on the site of the ancient medieval gate in the city walls by order of Archbishop Francisco Gómez de Avillar. (Francisco Gomes do Avelar) in 1812, bearing a statue of Saint Thomas Aquinas; He is an Italian religious scholar of the thirteenth century.