Valença jóia patrimonial da humanidade - Valença, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
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N 42° 01.948 W 008° 38.775
29T E 529281 N 4653441
The fortress of Valença de Miño is located in the Portuguese municipality of Valencia de Miño, belonging to the district of Viana do Castelo
Waymark Code: WM18NC3
Location: Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Date Posted: 08/29/2023
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The Fortress of Valença is one of the main military fortifications in Europe, with about 5 km of walled perimeter, overlooking the river Minho, opposite Tui. A Galician-Minho living space, commercial and tourist par excellence.
Work of bastioned military architecture, whose first walls date back to an Iron Age village and which currently has a bastioned system, built in the 17th and 18th centuries.
The fortification is located at the top of two hills and is formed by two polygons: the Magistral (older) and the Coroada, separated by a moat, with false-bragas.
10 bulwarks and 2 half bulwarks, 5 ravelins, 5 repairs, 6 nets, 2 counterguards, 2 face shields, 1 tent, 34 watchtowers, 214 embrasures, 6 forts, 3 posterns, 2 magazines, 10 casemates, are some of the elements of the bastioned military architecture that are projected and can be seen in this fortification.
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