• Thumbnail for Fort of Cinco Ribeiras
    Fort of Cinco Ribeiras (Portuguese: Forte das Cinco Ribeiras), also known as the Fort of Nossa Senhora do Pilar or Fort of São Bartolomeu, ruins of a...
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    or município). The nineteen civil parishes of Angra do Heroísmo are: Altares Cinco Ribeiras Doze Ribeiras Feteira Nossa Senhora da Conceição Porto Judeu...
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  • Fort of São Francisco Xavier (Portuguese: Forte de São Francisco Xavier) is a fortification situated along the coast of the civil parish of Nevogilde...
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    Peniche Fortress (category Forts in Portugal)
    During the Spanish rule of Portugal (1581-1640), Philip II of Spain sent a military engineer to Peniche in 1589 to consolidate the fort and its walls and study...
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  • Thumbnail for Nossa Senhora da Graça Fort
    Fort, officially Conde de Lippe Fort and known historically as La Lippe, is a fort in the village of Alcáçova, about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) north of the...
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    tower at the tip of the Point of Salmodo, to the southwest of the Bay, was begun under the orders of King John II of Portugal. The fort, known as the Torre...
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  • Thumbnail for Fort of São Miguel Arcanjo
    The Fort of São Miguel Arcanjo (St. Michael the Archangel) is situated in Nazaré, Oeste region of Portugal. It was first constructed in 1577 but has undergone...
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  • Thumbnail for Fort of São Tiago
    The Fort of São Tiago (Portuguese: Fortaleza de São Tiago) is a historic military fort located in the historical centre (Zona Velha) of Funchal, Madeira...
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  • Thumbnail for Fort of Santa Catarina (Portimão)
    The Fort of Santa Catarina (also known as the Fort of Santa Catarina de Ribamar) is a medieval fort situated in the civil parish of Portimão, in the municipality...
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  • Thumbnail for Fort of Bom Sucesso
    The Fort of Bom Sucesso (Portuguese: Forte do Bom Sucesso) is located slightly to the west of the Belém Tower in Belém in the municipality of Lisbon,...
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  • The Fort Santiago da Barra de Viana do Castelo (Forte de Santiago da Barra in Portuguese) also referred to as Castle Santiago da Barra (Castelo de Santiago...
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  • Thumbnail for Fort of Nossa Senhora da Rocha (Porches)
    The Fort of Nossa Senhora da Rocha (also known as the Fort of Our Lady of the Rock or Castle of Porches) is a medieval castle situated in the civil parish...
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  • Thumbnail for Fort of Santo António de Belixe
    The Fort of Santo António de Belixe (Fort of Saint Anthony of Beliche), which is also referred to as the Fortress of Beliche (Portuguese: Fortaleza de...
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  • Thumbnail for Fort of Guincho
    The Fort of Guincho, also known as the Fort of Velas, is located at the edge of the Praia do Abano, along the southern edge of the coast of the civil...
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  • Thumbnail for Fort São Francisco of Chaves
    The Fort Nossa Senhora do Rosário, better known as Forte São Francisco of Chaves is located in the city of Chaves, in the Parish of Santa Maria Maior...
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  • Thumbnail for Fort Nossa Senhora da Queimada
    The Fort Nossa Senhora da Queimada (Portuguese: Forte de Nossa Senhora da Queimada) also knows as Fort of Pessegueiro (Portuguese: Forte do Pessegueiro)...
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  • Thumbnail for Fort of São João do Arade
    The Fort of São João do Arade (Portuguese: Forte de São João do Arade), sometimes referred to as the Castle of Arade, is a medieval fortification situated...
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  • Thumbnail for Montedor Fort
    navy, the others being the Fort of Cão in Gelfa and Lagarteira Fort in Vila Praia de Âncora. These were added to the Ínsua Fort, built during that conflict...
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  • Thumbnail for Fort of Almádena
    The Fort of Almádena (Portuguese: Forte de Almádena) or (Portuguese: Forte de São Luís de Almádena), also known as the Fort of the River Mouth (Portuguese:...
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  • Thumbnail for Fort of Cresmina
    The Fort of Cresmina (Portuguese: Forte da Cresmina), also known as the Fort of Crismina, is located at the southern end of Cresmina beach, in the municipality...
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  • Thumbnail for Fort of Leça da Palmeira
    The Fort of Leça da Palmeira (Portuguese: Forte de Leça da Palmeira), or alternately the Castle of Matosinhos (Portuguese: Castelo de Matosinhos) is a...
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  • Thumbnail for Fort Santa Luzia
    with Fort Piedade, Fort São Francisco, Fort São Mamede and Fort São Pedro, it was part of the defense of the stronghold of Elvas and is part of the complex...
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  • The Fort of Monsanto, also known as the Marquês de Sá da Bandeira Fort, is located at the top of the Monsanto hill in the Monsanto Forest Park, in Lisbon...
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  • The Fort of Ameixoeira, also known as the King Carlos I Fort, is located in the former parish of Ameixoeira, now part of the Santa Clara parish of Lisbon...
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  • Thumbnail for Fort of Sacavém
    The Redoubt of Mount Cintra (or Mount Sintra), commonly known as the Fort of Sacavém, is located in the town of Sacavém in the municipality of Loures in...
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  • Thumbnail for Fort Santo António da Piedade
    structure located in the parish of Bacelo e Senhora da Saúde, in Évora, Portugal. The fort has been classified as a building of public interest since 1957...
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  • The Fort of Alto do Duque is located 75 meters above sea level at the southwestern tip of the Monsanto Forest Park, in the parish of Ajuda, in Portugal's...
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  • Thumbnail for Fort of Arrifana
    The Fort of Arrifana, or Fortress of Arrifana, (Portuguese: Fortaleza da Arrifana)) is situated on the Vicentine Coast of the Algarve region of Portugal...
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  • The Fort of King Luís I (Forte D. Luís I), also referred to as the Fort of Caxias (Forte de Caxias) and the Fort-prison of Caxias (Forte-prisão de Caxias)...
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    grounds of the Santa Marta Fort, which now houses a lighthouse museum. The Fort of Santa Marta was probably built in the 1640s, later than of the other...
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