Fort of São Brás
The Fort of São Brás is a 17th-century maritime fort situated on the southern cliffs of the civil parish of Vila do Porto, municipality of the same name, on the Portuguese island of Santa Maria, in the archipelago of the Azores.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, Public domain.
- Type: Fort
- Description: 17th-century maritime fort on the Portuguese island of Santa Maria, Azores
- Also known as: “Forte de Sao Bras” and “Forte de São Brás”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ermida de Nossa Senhora da Conceição and Church of Nossa Senhora da Assunção.
Ermida de Nossa Senhora da Conceição
Church
Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, Public domain.
Ermida de Nossa Senhora da Conceição is a church.
Church of Nossa Senhora da Assunção
Church
Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, Public domain.
Church of Nossa Senhora da Assunção is situated 460 metres northeast of Fort of São Brás.
Convent of São Francisco
Town hall
Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, Public domain.
The Convent of São Francisco, originally designated the Convent of Nossa Senhora da Vitória, located in the Largo of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, in the civil parish of Vila do Porto, municipality of the same name on the island of Santa Maria, in the Portuguese in the Azores. Convent of São Francisco is situated 1 km northeast of Fort of São Brás.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lugar do Aeroporto de Santa Maria.
Lugar do Aeroporto de Santa Maria
Neighborhood
Photo: Julen Iturbe-Ormaetxe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lugar do Aeroporto de Santa Maria is a neighborhood, which is situated 2½ km north of Fort of São Brás.
Fort of São Brás
- Categories: architectural structure, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Vila do Porto, Vila do Porto Municipality, Azores, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
36.94645° or 36° 56′ 47″ northLongitude
-25.14679° or 25° 8′ 48″ westElevation
13 metres (43 feet)Open location code
898PWVW3+H7OpenStreetMap ID
way 955303301OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fort
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Portuguese—“Fort of São Brás” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن ساو براس”
- Portuguese: “Forte de São Brás de Vila do Porto”
Localities in the Area
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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 São Brás”. Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, Public domain.