2 stops in walking order

Tower

The Sines Lighthouse (Farol de Sines) is located at Cabo de Sines, in Sines, in the Setúbal District of Portugal. It is a 22-metre high white cylindrical tower with a red beacon. A detailed plan for additional lighthouses along the Portuguese coast was first developed in 1866 by Francisco Maria Pereira da Silva, Inspector General of Lighthouses and a lighthouse at Sines featured in this plan. The plan was approved in 1870 but construction of the Sines lighthouse was not finally completed until April 1880. The lighthouse consisted of two adjoining buildings and a cylindrical tower; 22 metres high. It was initially equipped with a second-order optical device, with lighting fuelled by oil vapour. In 1915 this was replaced by a rotating third-order Fresnel device with a 500mm focal length, which increased the range to 30 nautical miles and enabled the fixed light to be replaced by a flashing one. In the same year a new lighthouse, also one of those identified by Pereira da Silva, was constructed at Cabo Sardão, about 45 kilometers to the south.

~20 min at this stop

Fortress

Fort Nossa Senhora das Salvas (Forte de Nossa Senhora das Salvas in Portuguese) popularly known locally as Forte do Revelim (literally, "Ravelin Fort") is located in the parish of Sines, district of Setúbal, in Alentejo, Portugal. Located on the Cape of Sines, at the western end of the bay, its purpose was to serve as a costal lookout and to cooperate with the Sines Castle in the defense of the town against the attacks of privateers and pirates once frequent along the coast. Upon sighting a hostile vessel and the garrison warning residents, the residents took refuge in the castle and its fort. It took its name from the nearby Nossa Senhora das Salvas Church, named after the patron-saint of the local fishermen. It was built following the design of architect João Rodrigues Mouro, in the 17th century, after the Restoration of Portuguese Independence, at which time other fortresses with the same function were built along the Portuguese coast. The garrison was at strategic points of defense alongside the cannons. It was garrisoned until 1844. It is classified as a Property of Public Interest by Decree nº 95, of 12 September 1978.

~20 min at this stop