Fortress
Fort of São Francisco do Queijo
🇵🇹 Portugal
The Fort of São Francisco Xavier (Portuguese: Forte de São Francisco Xavier), commonly known as the 'Castelo do Queijo' (Cheese Castle), is a fortification situated on the coast of the civil parish of Nevogilde in the northern Portuguese municipality of Porto.
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Fort of São Francisco do Queijo ranks #2,612 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #31 of the 82 mapped in Portugal. See how Portugal compares in the castle statistics.
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