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The fort of São Sebastião de Castro Marim is so called because it occupies the place where there was a chapel dedicated to São Sebastião, and is the best preserved example of what was the extensive process of renovation of the town's defensive system in the mid-17th century.

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The Convento de São José (Convent of São José) serves the cultural activity of the municipality of Lagoa, hosting various cultural events and temporary exhibitions during the year.

The Chapel of Senhora de Rocha, on the promontory with the same name, was a place of worship for Visigoths and Muslims, later for the Christians also, and the remains of a fortress going back to those ages.

The Forte of Ponta da Bandeira, also known as Forte de Nossa Senhora da Penha de França or Forte do Registo, was built between 1680 and 1690 and had the function of defending the access to the pier and the southeast and east flanks of the city wall, crossing fire with the bastion of Porta da Vila and with the bastion of Castelo dos Governadores.

The convent of “Nossa Senhora do Desterro” was founded in 1631 and legend has it that the foundation of this convent is due to the fulfillment of a promise made on the high seas by two navigators who were in danger, to build a church in the place of the land of Portugal that they first saw from the sea.

The Santa Catarina Fortress was built in 1631 in order to defend the entrance to the Rio Arade, access point to urban areas from Portimão to Silves, against the incursions of piracy and the frequent actions of coastal looting carried out by pirates.

The recently restored Moinho do Bengado (Windmill) is a testament to the time when wind energy was used to grind cereals to produce flour.

The Fortress of Santo António was built in the 16th century by D. Sebastião to protect the mouth of the river Gilão at the entrance to the port of Tavira.

The construction of the Fortress of Sagres began in 1443 by the initiative of Infante D. Henrique, when he took possession of the territories around Cabo de São Vicente, to build here a village to support the navigation along this area of ​​the Algarve coast.

The São Luís de Almádena Fort was built in 1632, during the reign of Filipe II, by D. Luís de Sousa, Count of Prado, Governor and Captain-General of the Kingdom of the Algarve.

In 1516, D. Fernando Coutinho, Bishop of Silves, ordered the construction of a monastery at Cabo de São Vicente, in Sagres, and to protect the place and the numerous pilgrims who sought it, a fortification was also ordered, the Fort of S. Vincent.

The Fort of Beliche, in Cabo de S. Vicente in Sagres, was built during the 16th century, in a date before 1587, since this fort is drawn on the map of this region during the attack perpetrated by Francis Drake.

The Fort of Cacela Velha, in the village of Cacela, is located on top of a hill overlooking the eastern area of the Ria Formosa.

The origins of space may go back to medieval times.