The Cabo de São Vicente (English: Cape of St. Vincent), also called Sagres Point, on the Costa Vicentina, is a cape in Sagres, on the Algarve in Portugal.

The cape is approximately six kilometers from the village of Sagres itself and in it is located the Fortress of Sagres (which can be visited). It was already sacred ground in the Neolithic, as standing menhirs in the neighborhood still attest. The name of the area it is located in still recalls the Promontorium Sacrum (or Holy Promontory) of the Romans. The Ancient Greeks called it Ophiussa (Land of Serpents), inhabited by the Oestriminis.

It is Europe's most south-western point, and was the site of the Battle of Cape St. Vincent (between Britain and Spain).

The cape forms the south-western end of the E9 European Coastal Path, which runs for 5000 km (3125 miles) to Narva-Jõesuu in Estonia.

External links

• Sagres
• Photo of the Fortress of Sagres

Headlands of Portugal

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