Penedo do Corvo
Penedo do Corvo is in Lisbon District, Portugal. Penedo do Corvo is situated nearby to the hamlet São João do Estoril, as well as near the locality Costa do Estoril.Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort of São Teodósio da Cadaveira and Saint Peter’s Fortress.
Fort of São Teodósio da Cadaveira
Fort
Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, Public domain.
The Fort of São Teodósio da Cadaveira, located at Estoril, Lisbon District, Portugal, is one of a series of more than a dozen fortresses built between 1642 and 1648 during the period of the Portuguese Restoration War with the purpose of forming a defensive line between the Tower of Belém on the RiverTagus and Cabo da Roca on the Atlantic coast, in order to defend the city of Lisbon.
Saint Peter’s Fortress
Fort
Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, Public domain.
The Fort of São Pedro, also known as the Fort of Poça, is a medieval fortification, along the coast of the civil parish of Estoril, in the municipality of Cascais.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cascais and Caparide.
Cascais
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Cascais is a beach town in Greater Lisbon, Estremadura, Portugal, at the end of the mouth of the River Tagus as it meets the ocean, with spectacular beaches to be found on its Atlantic shorelines.
Caparide
Hamlet
Photo: Rúdisicyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Caparide is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Penedo do Corvo.
Matarraque
Neighborhood
Cascais is a town and municipality in the Lisbon District of Portugal, located on the Estoril Coast. The municipality has a total of 214,158 inhabitants in an area of 97.40 km2. Matarraque is situated 3½ km east of Penedo do Corvo.
Penedo do Corvo
- Type: Rock
- Category: landform
- Location: Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.7° or 38° 42′ northLongitude
-9.39167° or 9° 23′ 30″ westOpen location code
8CCGMJX5+X8GeoNames ID
2572278
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