Sesimbra
The Shrine of Our Lady of the Cape Espichel alias (Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mua Stone) is located in Cabo Espichel Sesimbra municipality. In the mid-fourteenth century, a chapel was built to save an image of the Virgin, venerated long on top of the cliff where it was found. Around it grew modests homes […]
The Castle´s Church dates from 1165, although only in the reign of Sancho I started the construction of a larger Romanesque church – Gothic called Santa Maria do Castelo. In the year 1165 was created the Parish of Our Lady of Sesimbra Castle. The present church is from the early eighteenth century, 1721, as it […]
At the time of the Christian Reconquest of the Iberian peninsula after the conquest of Lisbon (1147) possession of this region fluctuated between Muslims and Christians. Weakly manned, the fortification of Sesimbra was initially taken by the forces of King Afonso Henriques (1112-1185) on February 21, 1165, that have carried out repairs and reinforcements in […]
Sesimbra is a Portuguese town in the district of Setúbal, region of Extremadura and sub-region of the Setúbal peninsula. The mouth of the River Sado, the Arrábida, the cape Espichel, the lagoon of Albufeira and the beach of Meco are part of the natural landscape of Sesimbra. There are traces of human presence in Sesimbra from […]
