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Beautiful old fort with a museum inside. The interplay of old and new in the background is also wonderful.

Unspectacular, but beautiful view from above.

Great Fortress

Large fortress

Fort on the way from Foz to Matosinhos. It's easy to walk around the fort, but it's nothing special.

An imposing C14 fortified manor house stands at the end of the village and shares a wall with a contemporary building. It has been impressively restored inside with wooden stairs and floors. There's also a art mini gallery, with pictures and sculptures created by local artists. There's a Tourist Information Centre next to the tower but it looks closed for good. A kind lady from the house on the right of the entrance gate opened the Torre for me and showed me around. Obrigado :) https://www.rotadoromanico.com/en/Monuments/tower-of-the-alcoforados/

The Nossa Senhora das Neves Fort is also known as the Leça da Palmeira Fort or Matosinhos Castle. Its construction began during the Philippine Dynasty in 1638 or 1639, by order of D. João Rodrigues Sá e Menezes, 1st Count of Penaguião, on the site of Santa Catarina, with the aim of defending that port against threats from pirates and corsairs. After the Restoration of Portuguese Independence, considering its great strategic importance for the defense of the bar, in 1642, the officials of the Porto City Council asked the King to complete the works as soon as possible. A Report from 1701 states that the fortification was still incomplete, although it was armed with four guns and manned by eight soldiers under the command of a lieutenant. It is believed that the fort was completed in 1720.

Fort of Our Lady of the Snows