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Torres Vedras (European Portuguese: [ˈtoʁɨʒ ˈvɛðɾɐʃ] ⓘ) is a municipality in the Portuguese district of Lisbon, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of the capital Lisbon. It is part of the intermunicipal community Oeste and the region Oeste e Vale do Tejo . [ 1 ]
The Lines of Torres Vedras were lines of forts and other military defences built in secrecy to defend Lisbon during the Peninsular War.Named after the nearby town of Torres Vedras, they were ordered by Arthur Wellesley, Viscount Wellington, constructed by Colonel Richard Fletcher and his Portuguese workers between November 1809 and September 1810, and used to stop Marshal Masséna's 1810 ...
Torres Vedras: 250 5 112 Fort of Gentias 220 4 113 Battery of Foz 50 2 114 Fort no.1 of Subserra: Alhandra: 100 2/3 114A Battery Nova de Subserra: 2 115 Fort no.2 of Subserra 100 2 116 Fort no.3 of Subserra 100 5 116A Battery annex for Fort no.3 of Subserra Unknown 116B Battery do Casal da Entrega 4 117 Redoubt Novo da Costa da Freiria 150 Un ...
The Oeste e Vale do Tejo (in English: West and Tagus Valley) is a NUTS II statistical region of Portugal. [1] [2] Bordered to the north by the Centro region, to the south by Alentejo, and to the west by the Atlantic Ocean.
The Fort of Feiteira is located in the municipality of Torres Vedras, in the Lisbon District of Portugal. Construction of the fort began in 1810 as part of the first of the three Lines of Torres Vedras, which were defensive lines to protect the Portuguese capital Lisbon from invasion by the French during the Peninsular War (1807–14) or, in the event of defeat, to protect the embarkation of a ...
The Lines of Torres Vedras were lines of forts and redoubts built in secrecy by Anglo-Portuguese forces in 1809-10 to defend Lisbon during the Peninsular War. There were three lines connecting the Atlantic with the River Tagus , amounting to over 150 defensive positions.
The Municipal Museum of Torres Vedras was founded in 1929. It was initially installed in rooms attached to the church of St. Peter (S. Pedro), identifying itself as a “Museum of History, Archaeology and Prehistory”. In 1944 the museum and the city library were transferred to the headquarters of the Brotherhood of Santa Casa da Misericórdia.
It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Torres Vedras (São Pedro e Santiago), Torres Vedras (Santa Maria do Castelo e São Miguel) and Matacães. [1] The population in 2011 was 25,717, [ 2 ] in an area of 62.44 km 2 .