Fort of Alto do Duque
The Fort of Alto do Duque is located 75 meters above sea level at the southwestern tip of the Monsanto Forest Park, in the parish of Ajuda, in Portugal's capital of Lisbon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Castle
- Description: 19th-century fort near Lisbon, Portugal
- Also known as: “Forte do Alto do Duque”
- Address: Estrada do Forte do Alto do Duque
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Belém Tower and Phytolacca dioica.
Belém Tower
Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 south of Fort of Alto do Duque.
Phytolacca dioica
Photo: Geographer, CC BY 1.0.
Phytolacca dioica, commonly known as ombú in Spanish and umbu in Portuguese, is a massive evergreen tree in the pokeweed family Phytolaccaceae, native to the Pampas of South America. Phytolacca dioica is situated 750 metres southeast of Fort of Alto do Duque.
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 southeast of Fort of Alto do Duque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Algés and São Francisco Xavier.
São Francisco Xavier
Suburb
São Francisco Xavier is a former civil parish in the city and municipality of Lisbon, Portugal. It was created on February 7, 1959. At the administrative reorganization of Lisbon on 8 December 2012 it merged with the former parish of Santa Maria de Belém, thus creating the new Belém parish.
Fort of Alto do Duque
- Categories: fort, cultural heritage, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Belém, Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.70373° or 38° 42′ 13″ northLongitude
-9.22209° or 9° 13′ 20″ westElevation
71 metres (233 feet)Inception
1875—1890Open location code
8CCGPQ3H+F5OpenStreetMap ID
way 420322806OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Portuguese—“Fort of Alto do Duque” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “التو دو دوكى فورت”
- Portuguese: “Forte do alto do duque”
- Portuguese: “Forte do Alto do Duque”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fort of Alto do Duque”. Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0.