Sagres Attractions
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Sagres, lying 5km/3mi from Cabo de Sao Vicente and the most southwesterly point of Portugal and indeed of Europe, is for the Portuguese and indeed for others too a magical place. It is here that Henry the Navigator is said to have founded his school of seamanship, where in the 15th C. the country's major geographers, cartographers and astronomers are supposed to have assembled. However, current thinking suggests this was simply a temporary meeting of these various experts, without any real purpose in mind. However, that does not alter the fact that the whole region around Sagres still benefits from its legendary historical importance, be it real or not.
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Fortaleza de Sagres
Most of what can be seen today of Fortaleza de Sagres was built in the 18th C, although the history of the site dates back to Roman times.
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Beaches, Sagres
Sagres
