Covões

Covões is a hamlet in Terrugem, Sintra, Lisbon District. Covões is situated nearby to the locality Fação do Além, as well as near the hamlet Lameiras.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fountain of Armés and Museu do Ar.

Fountain of Armés

Spring

Photo: CelinaMoco, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Fountain of Armés, alternatively called the Fountain of the Moors, is a 1st-century fountain built by Lucius Iulius Maelo Caudicus, an Olisipo flamen, to honour the Roman Emperor Augustus, in the village of Armés, civil parish of Terrugem in Sintra.

Museu do Ar

Museum

Photo: Ricardo Reis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Air Museum is an aviation museum of the Portuguese Air Force located at Sintra Air Base and with spaces at Ovar and Alverca.

Portuguese Air Force Academy

University

Photo: SoAres, Public domain.

The Portuguese Air Force Academy is a Portuguese military higher education institution whose aim is to provide all its students with the training and the experience that will enable them to graduate having gained the knowledge and the character qualities that are essential for leadership, and the motivation to become Portuguese Air Force officers.