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Sign: Cascais - Citadel of Cascais


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Av. Dom Carlos I 246, 2750-310 Cascais, Portugal
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On the sign:
I.H.S.V.M.
EL=REI DOM IOÃO 4o. De FELICE MEMORIA MANDOU FA=
ER ESTA FORTALEZA SENDo G.or DAS ARMAS Do ANto LVIZ
DE MENEZES CÔDe De CANTANHEDe DoS SEVS CONEiros DeSTADo E G=
Vrra VEADoR DE SVA FAda COMECOV NO ANNO DE 1681
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The sign is above the entrance to the Cascais Citadel, a citadel designed to protect against attacks on the coastline and the mouth of the river Teho, and the city of Lisbon. This sign is from the period after the Restoration of the Independence of Portugal and was made in 1681

The citadel was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image
And the gate on which is the sign Click for a larger image



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