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The Estoril coast is relatively close to Lisbon, the Portuguese capital; it extends from Carcavelos, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the capital, and stretches as far as the beach of Guincho (sometimes referred colloquially as the Costa de Estoril-Sintra or Costa de Lisboa). Estoril includes several smaller boroughs and localities along the ...
[1] [2] [3] It is coterminous with the Estoril Coast (Costa do Estoril) [4] and occasionally known as the Costa do Sol (Sun Coast). Portuguese themselves do not use this expression. The region is internationally known as a luxury destination for its history as a home of the wealthy, the famous, and European royalty.
The coat-of-arms of the historical portal of the Fort of São Pedro The urban context of the fort today, hidden in the modern structures of Estoril. The fort was begun on 5 April 1642 (from an inscription over the portico), and completed in 1643, initially named Forte de São Teodósio (Fort of Saint Theodosius), under the supervision of António Luís de Meneses, governor of the Fort of Cascais.
The Fort of Saint Anthony of Barra (Portuguese: Forte de Santo António da Barra) is located overlooking the sea, in the parish of Estoril, Cascais municipality, District of Lisbon, in Portugal. It is sometimes known as the Old Fort ( Portuguese : Forte Velho) ), or as the Fort of Salazar as it was used by the Prime Minister, António de ...
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.
Arrábida Natural Park (Portuguese: Parque Natural da Arrábida) is a protected area in Portugal.Founded in 1976, the park occupies an area of 176.41 km 2 (68.11 sq mi), (123.30 km 2 (47.61 sq mi) on land and 53.11 km 2 (20.51 sq mi) at sea) covering the southernmost margin of the Setúbal Peninsula.
Legend suggests that, in 1800, the Costa da Caparica was the site for the Casa da Coroa (the first house of rock and limestone) which received its importance for a little-known fact. [4] It was believed that King John VI of Portugal in 1824 had eaten a delicious seafood stew, and for that reason, he ordered that the royal coat-of-arms be raised ...
The motorway is also known as Estoril Coast Motorway and it overlaps the Complementary Itinerary 15 (IC15). The first section of the highway – connecting the Duarte Pacheco Viaduct in the City of Lisbon with the National Stadium in the Oeiras Municipality – was opened in 1944, becoming the first motorway in Portugal and one of the first in ...