Rosa dos Ventos
Rosa dos Ventos is a work of art in Sagres, Vila do Bispo, Faro District. Rosa dos Ventos is situated nearby to the museum Museu da Fortaleza, as well as near Fortress of Sagres.Photo: CTHOE, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Work of art
- Description: Stone circle in Portugal
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fortress of Sagres and Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Graça (Sagres).
Fortress of Sagres
Fort
Photo: Lacobrigo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fortress of Sagres, also known as Castle of Sagres or Fort of Sagres, is a military structure, located near the Sagres freguesia, in the municipality of Vila do Bispo, in the Algarve region of Portugal.
Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Graça (Sagres)
Church
Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Graça (Sagres) is a church, which is situated 130 metres west of Rosa dos Ventos.
Praia do Beliche
Beach
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Praia do Beliche is a beach, which is situated 3 km northwest of Rosa dos Ventos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sagres Point and Cabo de São Vicente.
Sagres Point
Locality
Photo: Vanbasten 23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sagres Point is a windswept shelf-like promontory located in the southwest Algarve region of southern Portugal. Only 4 km to the west and 3 km to the north lies Cape St. Vincent, which is usually taken as the southwesternmost tip of Europe.
Cabo de São Vicente
Locality
Photo: Pufacz, Public domain.
Cape St. Vincent is a headland in the municipality of Vila do Bispo, in the Algarve, southern Portugal. It is the southwesternmost point of Portugal and of mainland Europe. Cabo de São Vicente is situated 5 km northwest of Rosa dos Ventos.
Rosa dos Ventos
- Categories: stone circle and tourism
- Location: Sagres, Vila do Bispo, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.0002° or 37° 0′ 1″ northLongitude
-8.94788° or 8° 56′ 52″ westOpen location code
8C9H2322+3ROpenStreetMap ID
way 103050185OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q1291960
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In Other Languages
From German to Spanish—“Rosa dos Ventos” goes by many names.
- German: “Rosa dos Ventos”
- German: “Windrose”
- Polish: “Rosa dos Ventos”
- Spanish: “Rosa de los Vientos”
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