Sto. António da Barra Fort

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Sto. António da Barra Fort

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Mon - Fri: Closed

Sat - Sun: 10:00 am-06:00 pm | Horário de verão

Address[ + info ]

NameForte Sto. António da BarraAddress

Av. Marginal
S. João do Estoril

ParishCascais e EstorilGeolocation38.698436,-9.384076 (open map)

Av. Marginal
S. João do Estoril

Price[ + info ]

General price: €5.00

50% discount: Senior citizens, students and Cascais residents | 40% discount: FNAC card members

Packs: Family Ticket (from 7 people (from the same family): 25% discount on the total price) | CP Pack Ticket (CP Cascais Cais do Sodré return ticket + Daily ticket for all equipment): €12.00

Free: Former Combatants, widows and widowers (article 18, law 46/2020, of August 20) | Children up to 18 years old (inclusive) according to the UNICEF Child-Friendly Cities plan | Holders of the integrated school card - Cascais | Schools and educational institutions with prior appointment | Members of ICOM, APOM, Portuguese Academy of History, International Academy of Portuguese Culture, National Academy of Fine Arts, Academy of Sciences of Lisbon, | CMC/FDL Employees, Municipal Companies and Associations and Employees of the Presidency of the Republic. | IPSS | Unemployed | Representatives of WB partners and sponsors (including the Museum of the Presidency) | Accredited tour guides | (Former) Presidents of the Republic and family members up to the 2nd degree. ICOM members | CMC/FDL employees, companies and municipal associations | non-profit social organizations | NGOs | journalists by appointment only

Other options: Daily ticket to visit all the facilities valid for 1 day - 15€* | Daily ticket to visit all the facilities valid for 3 days - 25€* | Cost of issuing the Museum Quarter Patron and Corporate Card - 3€ | Museum Quarter/Patron S Card (annual cost) - 250€ | Museum Quarter/Patron G Card (annual cost) - 600€ | Museum Quarter/Patron P Card (annual cost) - 1500€ | Museum Quarter Corporate C Card (annual cost) - 25. 000€

NOTA: Except for temporary exhibitions or other events and initiatives whose entrance fee may be added to the price of visiting the space.

General price: €5.00

Description

Forte Santo António da Barra, in S. João do Estoril, reopens to the public next weekend, on February 3rd and 4th!

Guided tours by the Cultural and Educational Service

In S. João do Estoril, the Sto. António da Barra Fort (also know as Salazar or Forte Velho) is open to the public on weekends and holidays.

At the end of 1589, D. Filipe I of Portugal ordered the construction of a fortress between Cascais and S. Julião da Barra to reenforce the defense system of the Tagus River estuary.

The Sto. António da Barra Fortress project was handed over to the Italian engineer Frei Vicêncio Casale.

Used since 1581 the fort was damaged by the earthquake of November 1, 1755, and the restoration works started in 1762.

After 1950 it was chosen as a seasonal residence by the President of the Council of Ministers, António de Oliveira Salazar.

The Santo António da Barra Fortress was classified as a Monument of Public Interest on 1977.

It can be visited since 2018.