Portugal · 18th century
The Forte de Nossa Senhora do Amparo, also called Forte de Santo Amaro, is an 18th-century fort in the Madeiran town of Machico and had the task of protecting the bay and the town from attacks. It has been a listed monument since 1940.
Machine-translated from “Forte de Nossa Senhora do Amparo” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Forte de Nossa Senhora do Amparo ranks #8,460 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #207 of the 212 mapped in Portugal. Founded 1706, it is older than 21% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 696 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Portugal compares in the castle statistics.
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