Forte do Alto do Duque

Forte do Alto do Duque is a military installation in Belém, Lisbon. Forte do Alto do Duque is situated nearby to the castle Fort of Alto do Duque, as well as near the police station Divisão de Investigação Criminal de Lisboa.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort of Alto do Duque and Belém Tower.

Fort of Alto do Duque

Castle

The Fort of Alto do Duque is located 75 meters above sea level at the southwestern tip of the Monsanto Forest Park, in the parish of Ajuda, in Portugal's capital of Lisbon.

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 1½ km south of Forte do Alto do Duque.

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 1½ km southeast of Forte do Alto do Duque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Algés and São Francisco Xavier.

Algés

Town

Photo: Tagido, Public domain.

Algés is a town.

São Francisco Xavier

Suburb

São Francisco Xavier is a former civil parish in the city and municipality of Lisbon, Portugal. It was created on February 7, 1959. At the administrative reorganization of Lisbon on 8 December 2012 it merged with the former parish of Santa Maria de Belém, thus creating the new Belém parish.