Vision, Mission, Objectives

The vision to be developed by the Algarve Regional Directorate of Culture for Sagres Promontory will reflect the uniqueness of this National Monument, which is due to its geographical importance and its historical context as part of the epic story of the Portuguese Discoveries. It will also enhance the provision of cultural, tourism and leisure […]

Interactive Map

We invite you to navigate the interactive map, where you can find several points of interest: Drawbridge Curtain Wall and Gateway to the Fort Central Fortified Turret Bastion of Saint Barbara Bastion of St. Anthony Mariner’s Compass Sagres Marker Stone Cistern Tower Church of our Lady of Grace Ruins of Prince Henry’s Wall, Bastion and Caserns […]

Flora

Flora at the Ponta de Sagres is the result of specific environmental conditions. It represents a specific facet of the exceptional botanical diversity of the Vincentine Promontory, one of the most important assets of the Natural Park of the Southwest Alentejo and the Vincentine Coast (Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina). This natural […]

Fauna

Located on the Vincentine Promontory, the region traditionally known by the people of the Algarve as Cabo (the Cape), the Ponta de Sagres, on which the Fortress stands, is an imposing platform of compact limestone from the Jurassic age that sweeps down to the Ocean in vertical, rocky cliffs some 40 metres high. Soaring Birds […]

History

The story of Sagres is also that of the Costa Vincentina, a large area of the Southwest coast of the Algarve, moulded into shape by the sea and called by the Ancients the Promontorium Sacrum. The furthest point of the then-known world, its coastal escarpment covered with coarse vegetation and constantly swept by the wind, […]