| Page Views: 4,792 Last Visit to Sagres: - | Cabo de St vicente and Sagres Fortress by Carmela71 - last update: Nov 5, 2004 |
Till the XV century Cabo de São Vicente was consider as the Finisterre of the south, where the land ended and began the storms, mystery and darkness.
Romans already used to call it Promontorium Sacrum, showing us that this point has fascinated many before us…. :-)
Enrique The sailor created the school of Sailors here in Algarve one of the bests in Europe in that times, for that he brought the best astronomers from Arabia , th best italian cartographers, the brave saliler from Mayorca island …..
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|  | the fortress If you got to Algarve, there is a place you should not miss, the Cape St Vincent that is the most southerly western point of Europe at Sagres.
It is a perfect day trip.
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| | This photo was done 17 years ago on my first visit. |
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jenniferchin Wed Apr 6, 2005 02:48 UTC
Gorgeous !!! White walls and Blue waters ... *droooollll* ... and Shopping !! ;-)) | easyoar Sat Dec 18, 2004 23:41 UTC
Who's this Pirate Drake? Surely you don't mean Sir Francis Drake, the heroic British seafarer, who helped relieve the Spanish of the gold they had plundered from America ;-))) | Waalewiener Sun Nov 7, 2004 01:07 UTC
Hi Carmen ,exellent page ,you seen about everything that we saw when in Sagres when I saw a small Freighter (Schip)sailing by from the cliffs I saw my self on one of these ships again.Your page is and pic's are awsome Carmen. | pepples46 Sat Nov 6, 2004 01:44 UTC
thanks for jogging my memos with this lovely page |
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