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Cape St. Vincent (Portuguese: Cabo de São Vicente, IPA: ['kabu dɨ sɐ̃ũ vi'sẽtɨ]), next to the Sagres Point, on the so-called Costa Vicentina (Vincentine Coast), is a headland in the municipality of Sagres, in the Algarve, southern Portugal. Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. The Sagres Point ( pron 'saɣɾɨʃ ( Ponta de Sagres, from the Latin Promontorium Sacrum or Holy Promontory is a windswept shelf-like Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment In Portugal, municipality (município or concelho (meaning "council" is the most stable Subdivision of Portugal since the foundation Sagres may refer to Sagres Portugal, a town Sagres Point, the nearby promontory Sagres (ship, The Algarve ( pron aɫ'gaɾv(ɨ is the southernmost region of mainland Portugal. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula.

Cape St. Vincent with lighthouse as seen from Sagres Point
Cape St. Vincent with lighthouse as seen from Sagres Point
North shore of Cape St. Vincent as seen from the lighthouse
North shore of Cape St. The Sagres Point ( pron 'saɣɾɨʃ ( Ponta de Sagres, from the Latin Promontorium Sacrum or Holy Promontory is a windswept shelf-like Vincent as seen from the lighthouse

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Description

This cape is the southwesternmost point in Europe. It forms the southwestern end of the E9 European Coastal Path, which runs for 5000 km (3125 miles) to Narva-Jõesuu in Estonia. The European long-distance paths are a network of extremely long-distance footpaths that traverse Europe. To help compare different Orders of magnitude this page lists Lengths starting at 106 m (1 Mm or 1000 km) Narva-Jõesuu ( German: Hungerburg, Russian: Усть-Нарва = Ust'-Narva) is a town in Ida-Viru County, Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia ( Eesti or Eesti Vabariik) is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region


Approximately six kilometers from the village of Sagres, the cape is a landmark for a ship traveling to or from the Mediterranean. The cliffs rise nearly vertically from the Atlantic to a height of 75 meters.

The cape is a site of exuberant marine life and a high concentration of birds nesting on the cliffs, such as the rare Bonelli's eagle, peregrine falcons, kites, rock thrushes, rock pigeons, storks and herons. The Bonelli's Eagle ( Aquila fasciata) is a large Bird of prey. The Peregrine Falcon ( Falco peregrinus) also known simply as the Peregrine, and historically as the "Duck Hawk" in North America is a Kites are raptors with long wings and weak legs which spend a great deal of time soaring The rock-thrushes, Monticola, are a Genus of chats medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous Songbirds They were in Storks are large long-legged long-necked wading Birds with long stout bills, belonging to the family Ciconiidae. Ardea is a Genus of Herons Linnaeus named this genus as the Great Herons, referring to the generally large size of these

History

Cape St. Vincent was already sacred ground in Neolithic times, as standing menhirs in the neighborhood attest. The Neolithic (from Greek νεολιθικός — neolithikos from νέος neos, "new" + λίθος lithos A menhir is a large upright Standing stone. Menhirs may be found singly as Monoliths or as part of a group of similar stones The ancient Greeks called it Ophiussa (Land of Serpents), inhabited by the Oestriminis and dedicated here a temple to Heracles. The term ancient Greece refers to the period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca Ophiussa, also spelled Ophiusa, is the ancient name given by the ancient Greeks to what is now Portuguese territory Serpent is a word of Latin origin (from serpens serpentis "something that creeps snake" that is commonly used in a specifically mythic or In Latin poetry Oestreminis ("Extreme West" was a name given to the territory of what is today modern Portugal, comparable to Finis terrae, the In Greek mythology, Heracles or Herakles ("glory of Hera " or The Romans called it Promontorium Sacrum (or Holy Promontory). Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC They considered it a magical place where the sunset was much larger than anywhere else. They believed the sun sank here hissing into the ocean, marking the edge of their world.

According to legend, the name of this cape is linked to the story of a fourth-century martyred Spanish priest St. Vincent whose body was brought ashore here. Saint Vincent of Saragossa also known as Vincent of Huesca, is the Patron saint of Lisbon. A shrine was erected over his grave; according to the Arab geographer Al-Idrisi, it was always guarded by ravens. A geographer is a Scientist whose area of study is Geography, the study of Earth 's physical environment and Human habitat Abu Abd Allah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani al-Sabti or simply El Idrisi ( Arabic أبو عبد الله محمد الإدريسي Latin: Raven is the common name given to the largest species of Passerine Birds in the Genus Corvus. King Afonso Henriques (1139-1185) had the body of the saint exhumed in 1173 and brought it by ship to Lisbon, still accompanied by the ravens. Afonso I ( English Alphonzo or Alphonse) more commonly known as Afonso Henriques (ɐˈfõsu ẽˈʁikɨʃ or also Affonso (Archaic Lisbon (Lisboa liʒˈboɐ is the Capital and largest city of Portugal.

The area around the cape was plundered several times by pirates from France and Holland and, in 1587, by Sir Francis Drake. Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral, (c 1540 &ndash 27 January 1595 was an English Privateer, navigator, Slaver, and politician All existing buildings, including the Vila do Infante of Henry the Navigator fell into ruins because of the Lisbon earthquake of 1755. The Infante Henrique Duke of Viseu ( Porto, March 4, 1394 – Sagres, November 13, 1460) pron The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon Earthquake, took place on November 1 1755 at around 940 in the morning The Franciscan monks stayed on until 1834, when all monasteries were disbanded in Portugal. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common
Several naval battles were fought in the vicinity of this cape:

Lighthouse

The present lighthouse was built over the ruins of a sixteenth-century Franciscan convent in 1846. The term Franciscan is commonly used to refer to members of Catholic For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display The statues of St. Vincent and St. Francis Xavier had been moved to the nearby church of Nossa Senhora da Graça on Point Sagres. Saint Francis Xavier ( Konkani / Konknni: Sam Fransisku Xavier/ Sanv Fransisk Xavier Basque: San Frantzisko Xabierkoa Spanish: San Francisco This lighthouse, guarding one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, is the second most powerful in Europe; its two 1000-watt lamps can be seen as far as 60 kilometers away.

2007 earthquake

In February 12, 2007, an earthquake of magnitude 5. The Iberian Peninsula earthquake happened at 1123 am Central European time on February 12, 2007 with an Epicentre at 160km 8 on the Richter scale struck about 160 kilometers east of the cape. The Richter magnitude scale, or more correctly local magnitude M L scale assigns a single number to quantify the amount of seismic energy released [1]

Notes

  1. ^ Earthquake off coast of the Algarve

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