Forte da Alpena
Forte da Alpena is a heath in Costa da Caparica, Almada, Setúbal District. Forte da Alpena is situated nearby to the peak Alto da Raposeira, as well as near the heath Forte da Raposeira Grande.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Belém Tower and Capela de Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Murfacém.
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 4 km northeast of Forte da Alpena.
Capela de Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Murfacém
Church
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Capela de Nossa Senhora do Carmo de Murfacém is a church, which is situated 1¼ km northeast of Forte da Alpena.
Igreja Paroquial da Trafaria
Marketplace
Photo: GualdimG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Igreja Paroquial da Trafaria is a marketplace, which is situated 1½ km north of Forte da Alpena.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porto Brandão and Monte de Caparica.
Porto Brandão
Hamlet
Monte de Caparica
Town
Photo: Rúdisicyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Monte de Caparica is situated 3 km east of Forte da Alpena.
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. Banática is situated 3½ km northeast of Forte da Alpena.
Forte da Alpena
- Type: Heath
- Categories: bunker, ruins, historic site, and military installation
- Location: Costa da Caparica, Almada, Setúbal District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.65856° or 38° 39′ 31″ northLongitude
-9.23357° or 9° 14′ 1″ westOpen location code
8CCGMQ58+CHOpenStreetMap ID
way 186576964OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
military=bunkerOpenStreetMap feature
natural=heath
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