Fortress
Forte da Ínsua
🇵🇹 Portugal
The Fort Nossa Senhora da Ínsua, also known as Ínsua Fort, is located on Ínsua de Santo Isidro, in the parish of União das Freguesias de Moledo e Cristelo, in the municipality of Caminha, in the Viana do Castelo district, in Portugal.
It has been listed as a National Monument since 1910. It is one of only two forts in Portugal that combine a monastery with a modern bastion fortress, the other being the Berlengas Fort.
Text adapted from “Ínsua Fort” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Forte da Ínsua ranks #2,807 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #37 of the 82 mapped in Portugal. See how Portugal compares in the castle statistics.
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