Fort of São Teodósio da Cadaveira
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.Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, Public domain.
- Type: Fort
- Description: building in Cascais e Estoril, Lisbon District, Portugal
- Also known as: “Fort of São Teodósio da Cadaveira, Estoril”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Poça Beach and Saint Peter’s Fortress.
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. Saint Peter’s Fortress is situated 200 metres west of Fort of São Teodósio da Cadaveira.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caparide and Matarraque.
Caparide
Hamlet
Photo: Rúdisicyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Caparide is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Fort of São Teodósio da Cadaveira.
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 Fort of São Teodósio da Cadaveira.
Tires
Hamlet
Photo: Rúdisicyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tires is a Portuguese village located in the civil parish of São Domingos de Rana, in the coastal municipality of Cascais. Tires is situated 3½ km northeast of Fort of São Teodósio da Cadaveira.
Fort of São Teodósio da Cadaveira
- Categories: cultural heritage, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Cascais e Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.70193° or 38° 42′ 7″ northLongitude
-9.39097° or 9° 23′ 28″ westElevation
38 metres (125 feet)Inception
1642—1648Operator
G.N.R. - Brigada FiscalOpen location code
8CCGPJ25+QJOpenStreetMap ID
way 183133722OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortGeoNames ID
2572283Wikidata ID
Q10284068
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Portuguese—“Fort of São Teodósio da Cadaveira” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن ساو تيودوسيو دا كادافيرا فى استوريل”
- Portuguese: “Forte da cadaveira”
- Portuguese: “Forte da Cadaveira”
- Portuguese: “Forte de São Teodósio da Cadaveira”
- Portuguese: “Forte de Sao Teodosio”
- Portuguese: “Forte de são teodósio”
- Portuguese: “Forte de São Teodósio”
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