Fortress of Sagres
The Fortress of Sagres, also known as Castle of Sagres or Fort of Sagres, is a military structure, located near the Sagres freguesia, in the municipality of Vila do Bispo, in the Algarve region of Portugal.Photo: Lacobrigo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Fort
- Description: fortress in Sagres, Portugal
- Also known as: “Castelo de Sagres”, “Fortaleza de Sagres”, and “Forte de Sagres”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Graça (Sagres) and Rosa dos Ventos.
Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Graça (Sagres)
Church
Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Graça (Sagres) is a church, which is situated 130 metres southwest of Fortress of Sagres.
Praia do Beliche
Beach
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Praia do Beliche is a beach, which is situated 3 km northwest of Fortress of Sagres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sagres Point and Cabo de São Vicente.
Sagres Point
Locality
Photo: Vanbasten 23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sagres Point is a windswept shelf-like promontory located in the southwest Algarve region of southern Portugal. Only 4 km to the west and 3 km to the north lies Cape St. Vincent, which is usually taken as the southwesternmost tip of Europe.
Cabo de São Vicente
Locality
Photo: Pufacz, Public domain.
Cape St. Vincent is a headland in the municipality of Vila do Bispo, in the Algarve, southern Portugal. It is the southwesternmost point of Portugal and of mainland Europe. Cabo de São Vicente is situated 5 km northwest of Fortress of Sagres.
Fortress of Sagres
- Categories: cultural heritage, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Sagres, Vila do Bispo, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.00098° or 37° 0′ 4″ northLongitude
-8.94798° or 8° 56′ 53″ westElevation
29 metres (95 feet)Open location code
8C9H2322+9ROpenStreetMap ID
way 1328757662OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortGeoNames ID
7535641Wikidata ID
Q516573
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Turkish—“Fortress of Sagres” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Fortaleza de Sagres”
- Catalan: “fortalesa de Sagres”
- Catalan: “Fortalesa de Sagres”
- Chinese: “薩格里什堡”
- Czech: “Pevnost Sagres”
- French: “forteresse de Sagres”
- French: “Forteresse de Sagres”
- German: “Fortaleza de Sagres”
- Italian: “Fortezza di Sagres”
- Luxembourgish: “Fortaleza de Sagres”
- Polish: “Twierdza w Sagres”
- Portuguese: “Fortaleza de Sagres”
- Portuguese: “Torre e muralhas de Sagres”
- Romanian: “Fortăreața din Sagres”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Sagres”
- Spanish: “Fortaleza de Sagres”
- Turkish: “Sagres Hisarı”
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