Fort of São Sebastião de Caparica

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The Fort of São Sebastião de Caparica also known as the Tower of São Sebastião or Fortress of the Old Tower is a medieval fortification located in Monte da Caparica, civil parish of Caparica, in the municipality of Almada, in the Portuguese central region of Península de Setúbal.The fortress of Torre Velha is one of the more important examples of Renaissance-era military architecture, at a time when it served as part of an integrated system of defensive artillery outposts at the end of the 15th and beginning of the 16th century, in particular with the bulwarks of Tower of Santo António de Cascais and São Vicente .

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