Caminho da Cortegaça (Lavadouro)

Caminho da Cortegaça (Lavadouro) is a bus stop in Freguesia de Pero Pinheiro, Sintra, Lisbon District. Caminho da Cortegaça (Lavadouro) is situated nearby to the quarry Lameira N1, as well as near Lameiras N1.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fountain of Armés and Portuguese Air Force Academy.

Fountain of Armés

Spring

Photo: CelinaMoco, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Fountain of Armés, alternatively called the Fountain of the Moors, is a 1st-century fountain built by Lucius Iulius Maelo Caudicus, an Olisipo flamen, to honour the Roman Emperor Augustus, in the village of Armés, civil parish of Terrugem in Sintra. Fountain of Armés is situated 1 km northwest of Caminho da Cortegaça (Lavadouro).

Portuguese Air Force Academy

University

Photo: SoAres, Public domain.

The Portuguese Air Force Academy is a Portuguese military higher education institution whose aim is to provide all its students with the training and the experience that will enable them to graduate having gained the knowledge and the character qualities that are essential for leadership, and the motivation to become Portuguese Air Force officers. Portuguese Air Force Academy is situated 1¼ km south of Caminho da Cortegaça (Lavadouro).

Museu do Ar

Museum

Photo: Ricardo Reis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Air Museum is an aviation museum of the Portuguese Air Force located at Sintra Air Base and with spaces at Ovar and Alverca. Museu do Ar is situated 1¼ km southwest of Caminho da Cortegaça (Lavadouro).