The Barra Fort, also known as Pombalino Forte, Forte or New Castle Gafanha, was built in 1640, in Gafanha da Nazaré, during the War of Restoration, sporting, by virtue of its function, seventeenth-century military architecture. In 1974, the Fort was considered a cultural heritage building. Continues to perform support functions to the signaling of inland […]
The Ria de Aveiro is a coastal lagoon shallow and extensive intertidal areas. It extends for 45 km along the west coast of Portugal from Ovar to Mira. The total area of Ria that is covered during high tide varies between 83 km2 in spring tide and 66 km2 of neap tides. The average depth […]
The Ship Museum Santo André is a Ílhavo Maritime Museum. He was part of the Portuguese fleet of cod and is intended to illustrate the drag arts. This side trawler (or “classic”) was born in 1948 in the Netherlands by order of Aveiro Fishing Company. It was a modern ship, with 71.40 meters long and […]
The lighthouse of Aveiro Barra is the largest lighthouse in Portugal. It is located at Barra, parish of Gafanha da Nazaré, Aveiro municipality, Aveiro district. It was at the time of its construction, the world’s sixth largest in stone masonry and remain currently the second largest in the Iberian Peninsula and is included in the […]
