Monte de Caparica
Caparica is a former civil parish in the municipality of Almada, Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged with the civil parish of Trafaria into the new parish Caparica e Trafaria.Photo: Rúdisicyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Town
- Description: human settlement in Portugal
- Also known as: “Caparica” and “Monte da Caparica”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Belém Tower and Monastery of the Hieronymites.
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 3½ km northwest of Monte de Caparica.
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 4 km north of Monte de Caparica.
Monument to the Discoveries
Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 4.0.
The Monument of the Discoveries is a monument on the northern bank of the Tagus River estuary, in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belém, Lisbon. Located along the river where ships departed to explore and trade with India and the Orient, the monument celebrates the Portuguese Age of Discovery during the 15th and 16th centuries. Monument to the Discoveries is situated 3½ km north of Monte de Caparica.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Banática and Porto Brandão.
Banática
Hamlet
Banática is a small town at Almada, Portugal. Its name may derive from the Arabic language word for prince. It is the first port at the Tejo. It has a Repsol oil refinery, a sports club, Clube Recreativo e Desportivo de Banática, and a coast control unit of the Portuguese Republican National Guard.
Porto Brandão
Hamlet
Porto Brandão is a locality in the freguesia of Caparica e Trafaria, Almada Municipality, Portugal. It is situated in a strategic location by the Tejo river.
Sobreda
Town
Photo: Jc 711, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sobreda is a former civil parish in the municipality of Almada, Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Charneca de Caparica e Sobreda. The population in 2011 was 15,166, in an area of 6.16 km2.
Monte de Caparica
- Categories: town of Portugal and locality
- Location: Caparica e Trafaria, Almada, Setúbal District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.66374° or 38° 39′ 50″ northLongitude
-9.1982° or 9° 11′ 54″ westOpen location code
8CCGMR72+FPOpenStreetMap ID
node 2165438361OpenStreetMap feature
place=townWikidata ID
Q6904977
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Portuguese—“Monte de Caparica” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Monte de Caparica”
- Malay: “Monte da Caparica”
- Portuguese: “Monte da Caparica”
- Portuguese: “Monte de Caparica”
- “Monte de Caparica”
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