Fort of Santa Catarina

The Fort of Santa Catarina is a medieval fort situated in the civil parish of , in the municipality of Portimão in . The structure was considered one of the last Philippine military projects in the Algarve, erected to defend the peninsula from pirates and privateers, as well as military invasions.
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  • Fort
  • …lies at an elevation of 8 metres (26 feet)
  • Description: fortress in Portimão, Algarve, Portugal
  • Also known as
    “Fort of Santa Catarina de Ribamar”
    “Fortress of Saint Catherine”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort of São João do Arade and Praia da Angrinha.
Andrew Milligan sumo, CC BY 4.0.
The , sometimes referred… is situated 720 metres northeast of Fort of Santa Catarina.
is situated along the wide estuary…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ferragudo and Portimão.
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is a civil parish at the western border of the municipality of Lagoa.
Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the second biggest city in the …
Pacanherros, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town and a former civil parish in the municipality of Lagoa, Portugal. is situated 2½ km northeast of Fort of Santa Catarina.

Fort of Santa Catarina

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Latitude
37.11655° or 37° 6′ 60″ north
Longitude
-8.52968° or 8° 31′ 47″ west
Open location code
8C9H4F8C+J4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1144636069
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Geo­Names ID
2263551
Wiki­data ID
Q5472493

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