Fort of Santa Maria da Arrábida

The Fort of Santa Maria da Arrábida or the Arrábida  Fort , is situated at the foot of the southern slopes of the eponymous mountain range, dominant southwest of Portinho Arrábida in the north bar of Sado River, in the district of Setúbal, Portugal.

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It complements the set of eighteenth-century fortifications, raised in the context of the Restoration war of independence from Portugal, spread to the coast from Setúbal to the Forte de São Domingos da Shuffles, near Cape Espichel.

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