Made in PT bringing 560.web3 content to the world.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 ...
Made in PT bringing 560.web3 content to the world.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 ...
Made in PT bringing 560.web3 content to the world.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 38.697557162586655, -9.418703811891046
In 1916, the aristocrat Henrique Maufroy de Seixas made a request to the Cascais City Council to build a mansion in the place of the old Santa Catarina Fort, presenting a project designed by Norte Júnior. The property would be fully completed in the early 1930s.
Manfroy Seixas left this house to the Navy in 1945, with the use of his wife D. Ilda dos Santos de Seixas, and today it is the headquarters of the Cascais Port Captaincy and also houses the Navy Mess.
Moving a little away from the models of his eclectic palaces of Parisian taste, the architect opted for a more historicist style, with medieval inspiration, taking advantage of the proximity of the sea to give the building the imposing scenography that made it a fundamental element in the urban line of the bay from Cascais.
Description
19th century chalet. 20, of an eclectic style, with a rectangular and irregular plan, composed of several articulated volumes, standing out from the mole, several terraces and a towered body, topped with a dome. It has mansard roofs and cornice finishes supported by corbels. The main facade, very simple, has several straight openings, the others being marked by terraces and balconies, where straight windows and in a perfect round arch open, appearing at floor level. upper, several balconies. The turreted body boasts balconies, supported by corbels, with angled windows and several mullioned openings. Interior with vestibule and staircase leading to the main floor. Very elaborate building, completely covered in stonework, with some of the ashlars being cushioned, highlighting its location on the land next to the sea, on an old 17th century fort. It features several decorative elements, such as buttresses, bands, corbels, mullioned windows, pointing towards several influences from medieval architecture. The mansards are framed in stonework, with pinnacles. The various guards feature round arched elements, except for the balcony on the lower floor of the rear facade, with stylized plant elements.
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Versão portuguesa aqui.
GPS 38.697557162586655, -9.418703811891046
In 1916, the aristocrat Henrique Maufroy de Seixas made a request to the Cascais City Council to build a mansion in the place of the old Santa Catarina Fort, presenting a project designed by Norte Júnior. The property would be fully completed in the early 1930s.
Manfroy Seixas left this house to the Navy in 1945, with the use of his wife D. Ilda dos Santos de Seixas, and today it is the headquarters of the Cascais Port Captaincy and also houses the Navy Mess.
Moving a little away from the models of his eclectic palaces of Parisian taste, the architect opted for a more historicist style, with medieval inspiration, taking advantage of the proximity of the sea to give the building the imposing scenography that made it a fundamental element in the urban line of the bay from Cascais.
Description
19th century chalet. 20, of an eclectic style, with a rectangular and irregular plan, composed of several articulated volumes, standing out from the mole, several terraces and a towered body, topped with a dome. It has mansard roofs and cornice finishes supported by corbels. The main facade, very simple, has several straight openings, the others being marked by terraces and balconies, where straight windows and in a perfect round arch open, appearing at floor level. upper, several balconies. The turreted body boasts balconies, supported by corbels, with angled windows and several mullioned openings. Interior with vestibule and staircase leading to the main floor. Very elaborate building, completely covered in stonework, with some of the ashlars being cushioned, highlighting its location on the land next to the sea, on an old 17th century fort. It features several decorative elements, such as buttresses, bands, corbels, mullioned windows, pointing towards several influences from medieval architecture. The mansards are framed in stonework, with pinnacles. The various guards feature round arched elements, except for the balcony on the lower floor of the rear facade, with stylized plant elements.
Full list of Geochaching below:
https://mirror.xyz/madeinpt.eth/I5tjF3sn6ugnUw3nBnKOpOUr2DEh_g6cTN-0hivKCgc
Made in PT bringing 560.web3 content to the world.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 ...
Made in PT bringing 560.web3 content to the world.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 ...
Made in PT bringing 560.web3 content to the world.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!»
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