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GPS 38.48853792494608, -8.9339284279104

The Fort of Santiago do Outão, also referred to simply as Fort of Outão, is located on the north bar of the river Sado, in the Municipality and District of Setúbal, in Portugal.

In the past, it was part of the defensive line of the stretch of coastline known today, in terms of tourism, as the Blue Coast, which, in the 17th century, stretched from Albarquel to Sesimbra, complementing the defense of the important maritime town of Setúbal.

The Sant'Iago do Outão Orthopedic Hospital is located there.

History

Background: the Tower of Outão

The oldest structure identified in Outão is a watchtower or watchtower on the coast, erected by order of D. João I (1385-1433) in 1390. Later, during the reign of D. Manuel (1495-1521), would have benefited.

The primitive building

During the reign of D. Sebastião (1568-1578) it underwent extensive modernization and expansion works (1572), when a bastioned fence was erected around the primitive tower, in charge of the master of the works of the fortifications, Afonso Álvares.

During the succession crisis of 1580, together with the town of Setúbal, this fort remained faithful to D. António, Prior of Crato. Under the command of Mendo Mota, its garrison of a hundred men, with 47 pieces of artillery of different calibres, resisted the Spanish forces under the command of the Duke of Alba, from 22 to 24 July.

At the time of the Philippine Dynasty, the officials of the Casa do Corpo Santo, an important institution in Setúbal, requested the sovereign to install a lighthouse on the premises of this fort to aid navigation (1625). The work on this lighthouse was funded by that institution.

Faced with the outbreak of the Restoration of independence, the garrison of the fort remained loyal to D. Filipe III (1621-1640) until the 8th of December 1640.

the current status

As part of the complete remodeling of the kingdom's defensive strategy implemented under the reign of D. João IV (1640-56), including the defense of the Setúbal bar, new and extensive modernization and reinforcement works were initiated. Cosmander would have worked on them in 1642, with the foundation stone laid on July 30, 1643, according to the epigraphic plaque on the door of the Casa da Guarda, on the stretch of wall on the sea side:

The tower of this fortress in Santiago do Outão was built by King Dom João the First and then surrounded by a wall by King D. Sebastião and the serene D. João IV, liberator of the homeland, who ordered the addition of the fortress to the sea and land with magnificence and grandeur that is seen today. D. Fernando de Menezes, count of Ericeira, laid the first stone on it on the 25th of July of MDCILIII and being its governor Manuel da Silva Mascarenhas and of the arms of Setúbal and its comarca and superintendent of the fortification João de Saldanha had this memory posted here. from MDCILIX. Already on August 4, 1644, the sovereign warned Manuel da Silva Mascarenhas to conclude the works as soon as possible. The owners of the salt pans and the sailors of Casa do Corpo Santo contributed to the defense works on the coast of Setúbal during this period, with the works on this fort having been completed in 1657.

Faced with the progressive loss of its defensive functions due to the evolution of the means of war, it was dismantled in the 19th century, and its facilities were used as a prison. Subsequently, in 1890, it underwent adaptation works for the summer residence of D. Carlos (1889-1908) and his wife, D. Maria Amélia de Orleans, works carried out by the engineer Xavier da Silva.

The Sanatorium

In view of the natural virtues of that slope of the Arrábida mountain (sunshine, sea temperature, small annual temperature range), suitable for the helio-maritime cure as understood at the time, on the initiative of the worthy queen, the royal summer residence was adapted to a sanatorium , when hospital facilities were built in the place of the old casemates (1900). The operations of the Sanatório Marítimo do Outão began, focused on treating bone and ganglionic tuberculosis. Provisionally, it received female children, with services being extended to male children and, later still, to women.

From 1909, the Sanatorium was converted into an Orthopedic Hospital, a function that it retains to this day (Hospital Ortopédico Sant’Iago Outão).

Throughout the 1950s, interventions were carried out to consolidate, restore and improve the Sanatorium's facilities by the Directorate-General for National Buildings and Monuments (DGEMN), which was repeated in 1986 and 1991. The same organ took care of the former Chapel, which dates from the second half of the 17th century, in particular restoring its tile covering.

The facilities of the old fort still house the Lighthouse of Outão.

Characteristics

This maritime fortification combines elements of late-medieval military architecture (bulwarked), Gothic and Mannerist, accompanying the evolution of artillery.

It features an irregular (organic) polygonal plan where the three-story medieval tower is inscribed, featuring bay windows and balconies with mata-dogs on the corners.

Around the tower, on the embankment accessed through the gate on the north side, rise the former service quarters of the fort, with two and three floors, including the chapel, under the invocation of Santiago, to the west. Covering the sea side, there are three bulwarks with platforms for artillery; On the land side, you can see a tena with two high bastions and a sloped wall. In the projecting angles of the bastions, there are circular covered watchtowers.

Versão portuguesa aqui.

GPS 38.48853792494608, -8.9339284279104

The Fort of Santiago do Outão, also referred to simply as Fort of Outão, is located on the north bar of the river Sado, in the Municipality and District of Setúbal, in Portugal.

In the past, it was part of the defensive line of the stretch of coastline known today, in terms of tourism, as the Blue Coast, which, in the 17th century, stretched from Albarquel to Sesimbra, complementing the defense of the important maritime town of Setúbal.

The Sant'Iago do Outão Orthopedic Hospital is located there.

History

Background: the Tower of Outão

The oldest structure identified in Outão is a watchtower or watchtower on the coast, erected by order of D. João I (1385-1433) in 1390. Later, during the reign of D. Manuel (1495-1521), would have benefited.

The primitive building

During the reign of D. Sebastião (1568-1578) it underwent extensive modernization and expansion works (1572), when a bastioned fence was erected around the primitive tower, in charge of the master of the works of the fortifications, Afonso Álvares.

During the succession crisis of 1580, together with the town of Setúbal, this fort remained faithful to D. António, Prior of Crato. Under the command of Mendo Mota, its garrison of a hundred men, with 47 pieces of artillery of different calibres, resisted the Spanish forces under the command of the Duke of Alba, from 22 to 24 July.

At the time of the Philippine Dynasty, the officials of the Casa do Corpo Santo, an important institution in Setúbal, requested the sovereign to install a lighthouse on the premises of this fort to aid navigation (1625). The work on this lighthouse was funded by that institution.

Faced with the outbreak of the Restoration of independence, the garrison of the fort remained loyal to D. Filipe III (1621-1640) until the 8th of December 1640.

the current status

As part of the complete remodeling of the kingdom's defensive strategy implemented under the reign of D. João IV (1640-56), including the defense of the Setúbal bar, new and extensive modernization and reinforcement works were initiated. Cosmander would have worked on them in 1642, with the foundation stone laid on July 30, 1643, according to the epigraphic plaque on the door of the Casa da Guarda, on the stretch of wall on the sea side:

The tower of this fortress in Santiago do Outão was built by King Dom João the First and then surrounded by a wall by King D. Sebastião and the serene D. João IV, liberator of the homeland, who ordered the addition of the fortress to the sea and land with magnificence and grandeur that is seen today. D. Fernando de Menezes, count of Ericeira, laid the first stone on it on the 25th of July of MDCILIII and being its governor Manuel da Silva Mascarenhas and of the arms of Setúbal and its comarca and superintendent of the fortification João de Saldanha had this memory posted here. from MDCILIX. Already on August 4, 1644, the sovereign warned Manuel da Silva Mascarenhas to conclude the works as soon as possible. The owners of the salt pans and the sailors of Casa do Corpo Santo contributed to the defense works on the coast of Setúbal during this period, with the works on this fort having been completed in 1657.

Faced with the progressive loss of its defensive functions due to the evolution of the means of war, it was dismantled in the 19th century, and its facilities were used as a prison. Subsequently, in 1890, it underwent adaptation works for the summer residence of D. Carlos (1889-1908) and his wife, D. Maria Amélia de Orleans, works carried out by the engineer Xavier da Silva.

The Sanatorium

In view of the natural virtues of that slope of the Arrábida mountain (sunshine, sea temperature, small annual temperature range), suitable for the helio-maritime cure as understood at the time, on the initiative of the worthy queen, the royal summer residence was adapted to a sanatorium , when hospital facilities were built in the place of the old casemates (1900). The operations of the Sanatório Marítimo do Outão began, focused on treating bone and ganglionic tuberculosis. Provisionally, it received female children, with services being extended to male children and, later still, to women.

From 1909, the Sanatorium was converted into an Orthopedic Hospital, a function that it retains to this day (Hospital Ortopédico Sant’Iago Outão).

Throughout the 1950s, interventions were carried out to consolidate, restore and improve the Sanatorium's facilities by the Directorate-General for National Buildings and Monuments (DGEMN), which was repeated in 1986 and 1991. The same organ took care of the former Chapel, which dates from the second half of the 17th century, in particular restoring its tile covering.

The facilities of the old fort still house the Lighthouse of Outão.

Characteristics

This maritime fortification combines elements of late-medieval military architecture (bulwarked), Gothic and Mannerist, accompanying the evolution of artillery.

It features an irregular (organic) polygonal plan where the three-story medieval tower is inscribed, featuring bay windows and balconies with mata-dogs on the corners.

Around the tower, on the embankment accessed through the gate on the north side, rise the former service quarters of the fort, with two and three floors, including the chapel, under the invocation of Santiago, to the west. Covering the sea side, there are three bulwarks with platforms for artillery; On the land side, you can see a tena with two high bastions and a sloped wall. In the projecting angles of the bastions, there are circular covered watchtowers.