Museu dos Descobrimentos Portugueses

Museu dos Descobrimentos Portugueses is a retail building in Sagres, Vila do Bispo, Faro District. Museu dos Descobrimentos Portugueses is situated nearby to the church Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Graça (Sagres), as well as near the work of art Rosa dos Ventos.

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. Fortress of Sagres is situated 110 metres northeast of Museu dos Descobrimentos Portugueses.

Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Graça (Sagres)

Church

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Graça (Sagres) is a church.

Rosa dos Ventos

Work of art

Photo: CTHOE, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rosa dos Ventos is a work of art.

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 Museu dos Descobrimentos Portugueses.

Museu dos Descobrimentos Portugueses

Type: Retail building
Category: building
Location: Sagres, Vila do Bispo, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

37.00019° or 37° 0′ 1″ north

Longitude

-8.94877° or 8° 56′ 56″ west

Levels

Open location code

8C9H2322+3F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 93407345

OpenStreetMap feature

building=retail

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In Other Languages

“Museu dos Descobrimentos Portugueses” goes by many names.

Spanish: “Museo de los Descubrimientos Portugueses”

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Highlights include Museu da Fortaleza and Prainha das Poças.

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