Fonte Santa
Fonte Santa is a neighborhood in Caparica e Trafaria, Almada, Setúbal District. Fonte Santa is situated nearby to the neighborhood Joinal, as well as near Granja.Places of Interest
Highlights include Belém Tower and Monastery of the Hieronymites.
Belém Tower
Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Belém Tower, officially the Tower of Saint Vincent is a 16th-century fortification located in Lisbon that served as a point of embarkation and disembarkation for Portuguese explorers and as a ceremonial gateway to Lisbon. Belém Tower is situated 2½ km north of Fonte Santa.
Monastery of the Hieronymites
Protected area
Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Jerónimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery is a former monastery of the Order of Saint Jerome near the Tagus river in the parish of Belém, in the Lisbon Municipality, Portugal. Monastery of the Hieronymites is situated 3 km north of Fonte Santa.
Monument to the Discoveries
Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 4.0.
The Monument of the Discoveries is a monument on the northern bank of the Tagus River estuary, in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belém, Lisbon. Located along the river where ships departed to explore and trade with India and the Orient, the monument celebrates the Portuguese Age of Discovery during the 15th and 16th centuries. Monument to the Discoveries is situated 2½ km north of Fonte Santa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porto Brandão and Monte de Caparica.
Porto Brandão
Hamlet
Porto Brandão is a locality in the freguesia of Caparica e Trafaria, Almada Municipality, Portugal. It is situated in a strategic location by the Tejo river.
Monte de Caparica
Town
Photo: Rúdisicyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Caparica is a former civil parish in the municipality of Almada, Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged with the civil parish of Trafaria into the new parish Caparica e Trafaria.
Banática
Hamlet
Banática is a small town at Almada, Portugal. Its name may derive from the Arabic language word for prince. It is the first port at the Tejo. It has a Repsol oil refinery, a sports club, Clube Recreativo e Desportivo de Banática, and a coast control unit of the Portuguese Republican National Guard.
Fonte Santa
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Caparica e Trafaria, Almada, Setúbal District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.6692° or 38° 40′ 9″ northLongitude
-9.20566° or 9° 12′ 20″ westElevation
107 metres (351 feet)Open location code
8CCGMQ9V+MPOpenStreetMap ID
node 1607329145OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
2268045
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