Fortress
Fortress of Saint James of Sesimbra
🇵🇹 Portugal
The Fortress of Saint James of Sesimbra (also known as the Fortress of Santiago) is a fortress located in the parish of Santiago in the coastal town and municipality of Sesimbra, in the Setúbal District of Portugal. It was built between 1642 and 1648 on the site of an earlier 16th-century Manueline fort.
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Fortress of Saint James of Sesimbra ranks #4,143 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #100 of the 132 mapped in Portugal. See how Portugal compares in the castle statistics.
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