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Fort of Santiago do Outão

🇵🇹 Portugal · 16th century

Fort of Santiago do Outão in Portugal
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The Fort of Santiago do Outão is a former coastal military installation in Setúbal, Portugal that is currently the site of the Hospital Ortopédico Sant'Iago do Outão. The fort is located on the Costa Azul at the northern side of the Sado River's mouth.

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Fort of Santiago do Outão ranks #4,161 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #102 of the 132 mapped in Portugal. Founded 1572, it is older than 41% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 437 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. See how Portugal compares in the castle statistics.

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