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Sagres and the Discoveries

Sagres and the Discoveries

The promontory of Sagres and the adjacent towns of São Vicente and Sagres, were given  to Prince Henry the Navigator (1394-1460) on October  27th 1443 by his brother the Regent Pedro. The village of Sagres that was abandoned and in ruins because of  pirates raids, was  rebuilt and repopulated. This rebuilding, by the Infante, obeyed some […]

The Church of Nossa Senhora da Graça

The Church  of Nossa Senhora da Graça

The building of the present temple was replaced, possibly in 1570, during the reign of  D.Sebastian. Thecformer chapel of Santa Maria was erect in 1459 by Prince Henry. After the 1755 earthquake, was rebuilt and added  the sacristy and the bell tower. It features a simple quadrangular single nave with small windows isolated on the […]

Sagres Castle or Fortress of Sagres

Sagres Castle or Fortress of Sagres

The Fortress of Sagres, also referred to as Sagres Castle is  located in a dominant position crowning the Ponta de Sagres, in the southwest of the Algarve in Portugal. At the steep cliff, constantly windswept, the visitor enjoys a stunning panoramic along the coast, especially in the coves of Sagres, Cabo San Vicente (extreme southwest […]

Prince Henry, The Navigator

Prince Henry, The Navigator

When Henry, the Navigator, son of King John I and Duke of Viseu, started its holdings, began the Age of Discovery in the Vila do Infante for Sagres peninsula had no requirements for such  undertaking. There was little drinking water, agriculture was residual, there was a shortage of wood for shipbuilding, there was no deep […]

Sagres, in Vila do Bispo

Sagres, in Vila do Bispo

Sagres is a civil parish in the municipality of Vila do Bispo, in the southern Algarve of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 1,909,  in an area of 34.37 km².  It is historically connected to the early Portuguese Age of Discovery. The name Sagres, follows from Sagrado (holy) owing to the important local religious practices and rituals that occurred during the pre-history of the nation. From here some of the […]

Menhirs in Bishop Village

Menhirs in Bishop Village

The Vila do Bispo municipality has the largest concentration of menhirs in the Algarve. With a known number of around 300 exemplares10. They consist mostly of white limestone, whose whiteness makes them an element that stands out in the landscape, and is also known, in the county, three copies in sandstone. With sub-cylindrical forms, sub-conical, […]

Aljezur Castle, The legend of Mareares

Aljezur Castle, The legend of Mareares

The legend of Mareares A local tradition falls in the realm of legend episode of Castle conquest by the Christians: Aware of the privileged position of the castle and the close watch kept by the Moors, Paio Peres Correia, some Portuguese dispatched scouts to test the waters and the habits of the population of the […]

Santiago do Cacém Church

Santiago do Cacém Church

Most current authors state that the temple was built by the Knights espatários during the thirteenth century, eliminating the chance that the ancient authors attributed to the pagan temple foundation – Phoenician, Greek and Roman – which was founded by the iconography presented by arcades the ships. In the first half of the fourteenth century, […]

Santiago do Cacém, City

Santiago do Cacém, City

When in Santiago do Cacém we suggest taking to visit some of the sites with the highest historical interest. The Castle and Church, which runs a small museum, the Chapel of St. Peter, the Loreto Convent and the archaeological site of Miróbriga, are places that justify their attention. Just 1.5 km from the city of […]

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