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Forte de São Francisco de Chaves

Santa Maria Maior, Portugal

The Fort Nossa Senhora do Rosário, better known as Forte São Francisco of Chaves is located in the city of Chaves, in the Parish of Santa Maria Maior, District of Vila Real, in Portugal. Together with Fort São Neutel, this fort, in a dominant position on the Pedisqueira hill, next to the Tâmega river and the old Roman bridge, was intended to defend Chaves, on the Galician border, at the time of the Restoration War. The São Francisco Fort has been classified as a National Monument since 1938.

Fort data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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