Porto Brandão
Porto Brandão is a port in Setúbal District, Portugal. Porto Brandão is situated nearby to the hamlet Banática, as well as near the village Belém Tower.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Belém Tower and Monument to the Discoveries.
Belém Tower
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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 1½ km northwest of Porto Brandão.
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 1¼ km northwest of Porto Brandão.
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 1½ km north of Porto Brandão.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Banática and Porto Brandão.
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.
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.
Porto Brandão
- Type: Port
- Also known as: “Porto Brandao”
- Category: transportation
- Location: Setúbal District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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