

Torre de Belém - en
Versão portuguesa aqui. GPS 38.691652189603964, -9.215969383207815Built on the northern bank of the Tagus between 1514 and 1520 as part of the Tagus estuary defence system, the Tower of Belém is one of the architectural jewels of the reign of Manuel I. In the tower as a whole one can distinguish two distinct volumes and military architectural models: the mediaeval keep tower and the modern bulwark which, as it contained two artillery levels, allowed for long-distance cannon firing as well as ...

Forte de Santa Marta, Cascais - en
Versão portuguesa aqui. GPS 38.6906645919396, -9.421208371684521 It was built after 1640, as part of the Barra do Tejo defense plan, directed by the Count of Cantanhede. Equipped with a large battery compared to the fort and three juxtaposed rectangular bodies, with different areas, it crossed fire with the Citadel battery and defended the small mouth of Ribeira dos Mochos. In the second half of the 18th century it was the subject of several construction campaigns, the most significant being ...

Mosteiro dos Jerónimos - en
Versão portuguesa aqui. GPS 38.698112850075525, -9.206629905588464The Monastery of Santa Maria de Belém, better known as Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, is a Portuguese monastery, built at the end of the 15th century by King D. Manuel I and was entrusted to the Order of São Jerónimo. It is located in the parish of Belém, in the city and municipality of Lisbon. It has, since 2016, the status of National Pantheon. The culmination of Manueline architecture, this monastery is the most notable Portuguese ...
«There is, in the most western part of Iberia, a very strange people: they neither govern nor allow themselves to be governed!»
Versão portuguesa aqui.
GPS 38.72949085472567, -9.474938305717737
Part of a set called Bateria Galé, Bateria Alta and Bateria Cresmina. Its main objective was to station small garrisons that would make it difficult for enemy forces to disembark while the alarm was raised and critical points in Lisbon's defense were mobilized. They sought to compensate for deficiencies in the defense of this stretch of coast against the danger of a Franco-Spanish attack, so the choice of locations for its construction followed a strategic plan.

The Galé Battery, built on a rocky point, intended to prevent, with the support of Forte do Guincho, the enemy landing on the extensive beach of the same name that separated the two fortifications.

The one in Cresmina was used to cross fire with S. Brás de Sanxete, in Cabo Raso, and defend the beach that bears its name. The High Battery, built between the first two, interacted with both, preventing access to the small cove called Água Doce.

Full list of Geochaching below:
https://mirror.xyz/madeinpt.eth/I5tjF3sn6ugnUw3nBnKOpOUr2DEh_g6cTN-0hivKCgc
*Released*✅ *Reviewed*✅ Approved✅
Curator Body0xD87100cB3f3348c7D9feab81a932f0eACAEeFE56 0x68af894920213658F54aCB51694aF9AD0D2446fC 0xa554be9835947B10cAB101cf06De85A5E1531050 0x2442a71E79E927a1bA97306D534A6ceFFB53b7cF 0x7Bc11676b7b231D0Fc6E210b185bd85D615310Be

Versão portuguesa aqui.
GPS 38.72949085472567, -9.474938305717737
Part of a set called Bateria Galé, Bateria Alta and Bateria Cresmina. Its main objective was to station small garrisons that would make it difficult for enemy forces to disembark while the alarm was raised and critical points in Lisbon's defense were mobilized. They sought to compensate for deficiencies in the defense of this stretch of coast against the danger of a Franco-Spanish attack, so the choice of locations for its construction followed a strategic plan.

The Galé Battery, built on a rocky point, intended to prevent, with the support of Forte do Guincho, the enemy landing on the extensive beach of the same name that separated the two fortifications.

The one in Cresmina was used to cross fire with S. Brás de Sanxete, in Cabo Raso, and defend the beach that bears its name. The High Battery, built between the first two, interacted with both, preventing access to the small cove called Água Doce.

Full list of Geochaching below:
https://mirror.xyz/madeinpt.eth/I5tjF3sn6ugnUw3nBnKOpOUr2DEh_g6cTN-0hivKCgc
*Released*✅ *Reviewed*✅ Approved✅
Curator Body0xD87100cB3f3348c7D9feab81a932f0eACAEeFE56 0x68af894920213658F54aCB51694aF9AD0D2446fC 0xa554be9835947B10cAB101cf06De85A5E1531050 0x2442a71E79E927a1bA97306D534A6ceFFB53b7cF 0x7Bc11676b7b231D0Fc6E210b185bd85D615310Be

Torre de Belém - en
Versão portuguesa aqui. GPS 38.691652189603964, -9.215969383207815Built on the northern bank of the Tagus between 1514 and 1520 as part of the Tagus estuary defence system, the Tower of Belém is one of the architectural jewels of the reign of Manuel I. In the tower as a whole one can distinguish two distinct volumes and military architectural models: the mediaeval keep tower and the modern bulwark which, as it contained two artillery levels, allowed for long-distance cannon firing as well as ...

Forte de Santa Marta, Cascais - en
Versão portuguesa aqui. GPS 38.6906645919396, -9.421208371684521 It was built after 1640, as part of the Barra do Tejo defense plan, directed by the Count of Cantanhede. Equipped with a large battery compared to the fort and three juxtaposed rectangular bodies, with different areas, it crossed fire with the Citadel battery and defended the small mouth of Ribeira dos Mochos. In the second half of the 18th century it was the subject of several construction campaigns, the most significant being ...

Mosteiro dos Jerónimos - en
Versão portuguesa aqui. GPS 38.698112850075525, -9.206629905588464The Monastery of Santa Maria de Belém, better known as Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, is a Portuguese monastery, built at the end of the 15th century by King D. Manuel I and was entrusted to the Order of São Jerónimo. It is located in the parish of Belém, in the city and municipality of Lisbon. It has, since 2016, the status of National Pantheon. The culmination of Manueline architecture, this monastery is the most notable Portuguese ...
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