Fortaleza de Sagres - Sagres, Portugal
Posted by: tmob
N 37° 00.065 W 008° 56.887
29S E 504616 N 4094993
The Fortress of Sagres was declared as a National Monument on June 23th, 1910
Waymark Code: WMF20X
Location: Lisboa, Portugal
Date Posted: 08/09/2012
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«The construction of Sagres Fortress was ordered by Henry the Navigator on the 15th century, in order to provide some assistance to seamen in Sagres region.
The Sagres region started to gain strategic importance on the Portuguese kingdom: this was an important spot for commercial watercrafts that did the connection between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic North, and also for the proximity with the North of Africa.
The original structure of this Fort has been changed all over the centuries. Only in the end of the 18th century the Fort is considered to be finished. At that time Sagres Fort was the centre of a strategic defensive line, over the western coast of the Algarve that counted with other fortitudes such as Baleeira, Beliche, São Vicente, Carrapateira and Arrifana.»
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