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Sagres
Sagres is the most south-westerly village in
mainland Europe and, as such, was on the edge of the known world
right up to the late Middle Ages. Henry the navigator is thought
to have had his headquarters - his so-called "school of
navigation" - in the vicinity of Sagres, though the exact
location is not known.
Perhaps it was within the fortaleza, defended
on the land side by mighty, man-made ram parts, and on the seaward
sides by towering cliffs. From the headland fortress, the awesome
cliffs curve round past the 17th-century fort at Beliche to
the famous lighthouse on the point of Cape
St. Vicent. Steeped in history, this is a windswept
place of rugged beauty. Nowadays, it is the end of the line,
well-beloved by backpackers from all over the world, and of
considerable interest to botanists and bird-watchers.
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