Saint Peter’s Fortress
The Fort of São Pedro, also known as the Fort of Poça, is a medieval fortification, along the coast of the civil parish of Estoril, in the municipality of Cascais.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, Public domain.
- Type: Fort
- Description: building in Cascais e Estoril, Lisbon District, Portugal
- Also known as: “Fort of São Pedro”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort of São Teodósio da Cadaveira and Poça Beach.
Fort of São Teodósio da Cadaveira
Fort
Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, Public domain.
The Fort of São Teodósio da Cadaveira, located at Estoril, Lisbon District, Portugal, is one of a series of more than a dozen fortresses built between 1642 and 1648 during the period of the Portuguese Restoration War with the purpose of forming a defensive line between the Tower of Belém on the RiverTagus and Cabo da Roca on the Atlantic coast, in order to defend the city of Lisbon. Fort of São Teodósio da Cadaveira is situated 200 metres east of Saint Peter’s Fortress.
Estoril railway station
Railway station
Photo: S.Didam, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Estoril railway station is situated 490 metres west of Saint Peter’s Fortress.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caparide and Matarraque.
Caparide
Hamlet
Photo: Rúdisicyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Caparide is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Saint Peter’s Fortress.
Matarraque
Neighborhood
Cascais is a town and municipality in the Lisbon District of Portugal, located on the Estoril Coast. The municipality has a total of 214,158 inhabitants in an area of 97.40 km2. Matarraque is situated 3½ km east of Saint Peter’s Fortress.
Tires
Hamlet
Photo: Rúdisicyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tires is a Portuguese village located in the civil parish of São Domingos de Rana, in the coastal municipality of Cascais. Tires is situated 4 km east of Saint Peter’s Fortress.
Saint Peter’s Fortress
- Categories: cultural heritage, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Cascais e Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.70224° or 38° 42′ 8″ northLongitude
-9.39325° or 9° 23′ 36″ westInception
1642—1648Operator
Sem afetaçãoOpen location code
8CCGPJ24+VPOpenStreetMap ID
way 183133732OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortWikidata ID
Q5472499
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Portuguese—“Saint Peter’s Fortress” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن ساو بيدرو دو استوريل”
- Portuguese: “Forte da Poça”
- Portuguese: “Forte de São Pedro da Cadaveira”
- Portuguese: “Forte de São Pedro”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Circuito de Manutenção da Praia da Poça and Praceta Nuno Ribeiro.
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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 “Saint Peter’s Fortress”. Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, Public domain.