Fort of São João Baptista
The Fort of São João Baptista das Berlengas, or simply known as the Fort of the Berlengas, is located off western coast of Portugal, on the largest island of the archipelago of the Berlengas, in the municipality of Peniche in Oeste region.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Fort
- Description: building in Peniche, Leiria District, Portugal
- Also known as: “Fort of Sao Joao Baptista” and “Fort of São João Baptista Berlengas”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Berlenga Lighthouse and Cerro da Velha.
Berlenga Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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Berlenga lighthouse, also known as the Duke of Bragança Lighthouse, is a functioning lighthouse situated on the highest point of the granite island of Berlenga Grande, which is a nature reserve in the Atlantic Ocean, 10 kilometres west of the town of Peniche in the Leiria District of Portugal. Berlenga Lighthouse is situated 430 metres north of Fort of São João Baptista.
Fort of São João Baptista
- Categories: cultural heritage, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Peniche, Leiria District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Spanish—“Fort of São João Baptista” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن ساو جواو بابتيستا”
- French: “Fort de Saint Jean-Baptiste”
- French: “fort de São João Baptista”
- Indonesian: “Benteng São João Baptista”
- Japanese: “サン・ジョアン・バプティスタ・ダス・ベルレンガス砦”
- Japanese: “サン・ジョアン・バプティスタ・ダス・ベルレンガス要塞”
- Portuguese: “Fortaleza das berlengas”
- Portuguese: “Fortaleza das Berlengas”
- Portuguese: “Forte da berlenga”
- Portuguese: “Forte da Berlenga”
- Portuguese: “Forte de Sao Joao Baptista das Berlengas”
- Portuguese: “Forte de São João Baptista das Berlengas”
- Portuguese: “Forte de São João Batista das Berlengas”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro da misericórdia da berlenga”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro da Misericórdia da Berlenga”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro das berlengas”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro das Berlengas”
- Spanish: “Fuerte de San Juan Bautista de las Berlengas”
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