Fort of Santo António da Barra

Fort of Saint Anthony of Barra
Fort of Saint Anthony of Barra
Forte de Santo António da Barra
Estoril, Lisbon District, Portugal
	View of the Fort of Santo Antonio da Barra
Coordinates	38°40′12″N 9°23′06″W
Type	Bastion fort
Site information
Open to; the public	Weekends and holidays
Condition	Restored in 2018
Site history
Built	1590
Built by	Philip II of Spain
In use	to 2015
Materials	Basalt

The Fort of Saint Anthony of Barra (Portuguese: Forte de Santo António da Barra) is located overlooking the sea, in the parish of Estoril, Cascais municipality, District of Lisbon, in Portugal. It is sometimes known as the Old Fort (Portuguese: Forte Velho)), or as the Fort of Salazar as it was used by the Prime Minister, António de Oliveira Salazar as his seasonal residence during the Portuguese dictatorship. Until early 2018 the fort had been disused and subject to some vandalism, but it was then restored by the Municipality and opened for public viewing for the first time on April 25, 2018.

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