Fortress of Sagres

E230700
cultural heritage site fortress tourist attraction

The Fortress of Sagres is a historic coastal stronghold in Portugal’s Algarve region, long associated with maritime exploration and the legacy of Prince Henry the Navigator.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Fortaleza de Sagres 3
Fortress of Sagres canonical 1
Sagres 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural heritage site ⓘ
fortress ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle military architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Age of Exploration ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese Discoveries

Portuguese maritime exploration ⓘ
Henry the Navigator ⓘ
surface form: Prince Henry the Navigator
category Buildings and structures in Faro District ⓘ
Coastal fortifications in Portugal ⓘ
Forts in Portugal ⓘ
Tourist attractions in Algarve ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
destroyedBy Francis Drake ⓘ
hasPart artillery platforms ⓘ
bastions ⓘ
Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Graça ⓘ
surface form: chapel of Nossa Senhora da Graça

curtain walls ⓘ
entrance gate ⓘ
sea cliffs ⓘ
wind compass ⓘ
hasUse cultural interpretation center ⓘ
military defense ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
heritageDesignation Monument of Public Interest (Portugal) ⓘ
Property of Public Interest (Portugal) ⓘ
inception 15th century ⓘ
locatedIn Algarve ⓘ
Sagres ⓘ
Vila do Bispo ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Western European Time ⓘ
locatedNear Cape St. Vincent ⓘ
Sagres ⓘ
surface form: Sagres town
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean coast ⓘ
Sagres Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Sagres Promontory
materialUsed stone ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
operator Direção-Geral do Património Cultural ⓘ
originallyBuiltBy Henry the Navigator ⓘ
surface form: Prince Henry the Navigator
ownedBy Portuguese state ⓘ
partOf Promontory of Sagres cultural landscape ⓘ
reconstructedIn 16th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
significantEvent 1587 attack by Francis Drake ⓘ
Age of Exploration ⓘ
surface form: Age of Discoveries
viewOver Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Sagres Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: cliffs of Sagres Promontory

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Municipality of Vila do Bispo → hasNotableSite → Fortress of Sagres ⓘ
voyages of Henry the Navigator → organizedFrom → Fortress of Sagres ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sagres
voyages of Henry the Navigator → associatedInstitution → Fortress of Sagres ⓘ
this entity surface form: School of Sagres
Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Graça → locatedNear → Fortress of Sagres ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fortaleza de Sagres
Praia da Mareta → near → Fortress of Sagres ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fortaleza de Sagres
Praia do Tonel → near → Fortress of Sagres ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sagres Fortress
Praia do Beliche → near → Fortress of Sagres ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fortaleza de Sagres