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Sagres

Sagres

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  • Sagres’s claim to fame is the huge landmark fort spread across the arm of the precipitous Ponta de Sagres. It’s here that Henry the Navigator’s original fortress and the Vila do Infante – his legendary school of navigation – is said to have been located. Little remains of either except for the giant pebble Rosa dos Ventos (wind compass) and the plain little chapel of Nossa Senhora da Graça, both supposedly used by Henry in the 15th century. Sagres itself is a modest town bestowed with a pretty harbour and some magnificent beaches that attract surfers from around the globe. See Sagres.

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