• Thumbnail for Fort of São João Baptista (Berlengas)
    The Fort of São João Baptista das Berlengas, or simply known as the Fort of the Berlengas, is located off western coast of Portugal, on the largest island...
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    protect the coastal settlements; the Fort of São João Baptista das Berlengas was constructed from the remnants of the monastery ruins. By 1655, it had...
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  • Thumbnail for Fortress of São João Baptista (Angra do Heroísmo)
    The Fortress of São João Baptista (Portuguese: Forte de São João Baptista), also known as the Fort of São Filipe or Fort of Monte Brasil is a historic...
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    Fort São João Baptista of Esposende, also referred to as São João Baptista Castle and Esposende Fort, is located in the parish of Esposende, Marinhas...
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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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    Fort São João Baptista (Forte de São João Baptista in Portuguese), also known as Fort of Nossa Senhora da Assunção (Forte da Nossa Senhora da Assunção...
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    Peniche Fortress (category Forts in Portugal)
    Martins Rodrigues Pedro dos Santos Soares Portugal portal Fort of São João Baptista (Berlengas) Fort of Consolation Beach Oliveira, Caterina. "Praça-forte de...
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  • Sagres Fort of Santo Amaro do Areeiro, Oeiras Fort of São Bruno, Oeiras, Lisbon District Fort of São João Baptista, Berlengas, Peniche Fort of São João do...
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  • visited the island of Berlengas accompanied by a military engineer to determine the construction of Fort of São João Baptista (Berlengas). Mendonça, Isabel;...
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  • de São João or Fortaleza de São João (also de São João Baptista) may refer to several forts: Fort of São João do Arade, in the Algarve, Portugal Fort São...
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    The Fort of São João das Maias, also known as the Fort of Oeiras, is located on the right bank of the River Tagus estuary, in the municipality of Oeiras...
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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 Battle of the Berlengas (1666)
    Battle of Berlengas was fought in 1666 during the Portuguese Restoration War, between the Portuguese defenders of the Fort São João Baptista and a Spanish...
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    Gomez (1999), p.161 Valdemar Coutinho (1997), p.116 Sources Lopes, João Baptista da Silva (1841), Corografia ou memoria economica, estadistica, e topografica...
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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 Leça da Palmeira
    Douro, in conjunction with the Fort of São Francisco Xavier do Queijo, and the Fort of São João da Foz. With the beginning of the Portuguese Restoration War...
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  • Thumbnail for Fort of São Bruno
    The Fort of São Bruno is situated on the estuary of the River Tagus in Caxias, Oeiras municipality, near Lisbon in Portugal. It was built in 1647 and...
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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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    1640, during the Portuguese Restoration War. The fort underwent a remodeling during the reign of João IV beginning in 1643 in order to provide better defenses...
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  • Thumbnail for Fort of São Julião da Barra
    Fort of São Julião da Barra is the largest and most complete military defence complex in the Vauban style remaining in Portugal. It is located in São...
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    defence provided by Fort São Francisco to the city of Chaves, on the hill to the north, by the border with Galicia. The São Neutel Fort has been classified...
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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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  • Thumbnail for Fort of Santa Catarina (Portimão)
    the estuary of the Arade River, in conjunction with the Fort of São João do Arade on the opposite bank of the river in Ferragudo. The fort is a trapezoidal...
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  • Thumbnail for Fort of São Teodósio da Cadaveira, Estoril
    The Fort of São Teodósio da Cadaveira, located at Estoril, Lisbon District, Portugal, is one of a series of more than a dozen fortresses built between...
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    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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    Spain, the Battle of the Berlengas ends after four days as a fleet of 15 Spanish warships obtains the surrender of Fort of São João Baptista. July 6 – On 3...
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  • Thumbnail for Fort of São Pedro do Estoril
    Guedes Gavicho wrote that a line for fusiliers connected the Fort of São Pedro and Fort of São João by trench along the coast, arching over the Ribeira da Cadaveira...
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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 of São Sebastião de Caparica
    Fort of São Sebastião de Caparica (Portuguese: Forte de São Sebastião de Caparica) also known as the Tower of São Sebastião (Portuguese: Torre de São...
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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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