Fortaleza do Cabo de São Vicente - Sagres, Portugal - Património Português (Portuguese Heritage) on Waymarking.com

The Fortress of São Vicente is located in the Cape of São Vincente in the Algarve, Portugal.

Its origins go back to the reign of D. Manuel I of Portugal (1495-1521) when the Bishop of the Algarve, D. Fernando Coutinho, then ordered to raise a castle and a lighthouse as part of the defense system of the coast region.

The original structure, devastated in 1587, by the British corsair attack of the, Francis Drake; it was rebuilt as from 1632, under the reign of Filipe III of Portugal (1621-1640). The modern bastions erected at the time, were devastated by the tsunami resulting from the earthquake of 1755.

Like in the Fortaleza de Sagres, from 1793 to Queen Maria I (1777-1816) started the rebuilding of the structure, now restored.

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Designação (Name): Fortaleza do Cabo de São Vicente / Antigo Convento do Corvo Categoria de protecção (Classification): Classificado como IIP - Imóvel de Interesse Público Categoria/Tipologia (Type of heritage): Arquitectura Militar / Fortaleza Concelho (City): Vila do Bispo Página do Património na base de dados da DGPC (Page of the Heritage at the DGPC database): [Web Link] Wikipedia: [Web Link]

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