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| name = Fort of Lagarteira
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| other_name = Forte de Âncora
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The '''Fort of Lagarteira''' ({{lang-pt|Forte de Âncora/Forte da Lagarteira}}) is a medieval fort in the [[freguesia|civil parish]] of [[Vila Praia de Âncora]], municipality of [[Caminha]] in the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[Norte, Portugal|Norte]], classified as a ''Property of Public Interest'' (''Imóvel de Interesse Público'').
==History==
The fort was probably constructed between 1640 and 1668, during the Restoration Wars to protect the Portuguese coast from Spanish attacks.<ref name="SIPA">{{citation |url=http://www.monumentos.gov.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=4110 |title=Forte de Âncora/Forte da Lagarteira (IPA.00004110/PT011602170009) |publisher=SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico |editor=SIPA |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=Portuguese |first=Paula |last=Noé |first2=Filomena |last2=Bandeira |year=1998 |accessdate=19 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="IGESPAR">{{cite web |url=http://www.patrimoniocultural.gov.pt/pt/patrimonio/patrimonio-imovel/pesquisa-do-patrimonio/classificado-ou-em-vias-de-classificacao/geral/view/73297 |title=Forte de Âncora |editor=IGESPAR |accessdate=21 August 2018 |year=2016 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |publisher=IGESPAR-Instituto de Gestão do Património Arquitectónico e Arqueológico |language=Portuguese |first=Cataina |last=Oliveira}}</ref> Its structure followed the models established in the era for the construction of fortresses implanted along teh Alto Minho area, which was an advance in military defensive fortifications.<ref name=SIPA/><ref name=IGESPAR/> Engineer Bastos Moreira cites 1690 as the date of its construction, under orders of King D. [[Pedro II of Portugal|Pedro II]].<ref name=SIPA/>


On 16 November 1939, the fort was ceded to the ''Ministério da Marinha'' (''Ministry of the Navy'').<ref name=SIPA/>
{{Expand Portuguese|topic=struct|date=September 2011|Castelo de Caminha}}
The '''Fort of Lagarteira''' ({{lang-pt|Forte de Âncora/Forte da Lagarteira}}) is a [[fort]] situated in the [[Freguesia (Portugal)|civil parish]] of [[Vila Praia de Âncora]] in the [[Concelho|municipality]] of [[Caminha, Portugal|Caminha]]. It is classified by [[IGESPAR]] as a Site of Public Interest.


Work on the fort by the ''Direcção dos Serviços de Construção e Conservação'' (''Directorate for Construction and Conservation Services'') began in 1955.<ref name=SIPA/>
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On 24 January 1967, by decree the fort was mis-classified as structure in the municipality of Viana do Castelo.<ref name=SIPA/> Then, on 10 March, the diploma was rectified to correct its effective administrative territory in the municipality of Caminha (47 508; DG, Série I, 59).<ref name=SIPA/>
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Work to improve the stability and consolidate the structure was carried-out in the early 1980s, while the spaces were electrified after 1997 to provide illumination to the site.<ref name=SIPA/>

==Architecture==
The fort is located on the right margin of the River Âncora, over a soft cliffside, alongside the port, in an area known as Lagarteira.

Its plan consists of four lateral bastions and accentuated battery, with three of the sides crowned by roof.<ref name=SIPA/><ref name=IGESPAR/> The walls are grounded in the rocky coast, with its extension circled by a curved frame anc crowned by battlement, only interrupted by corner bartizans (crowned by circular roofs over plinths and cannon emplacements along the battery.<ref name=SIPA/><ref name=IGESPAR/> Along the northern bastion is a closed balcony wall (typical of medeival designs) on three canals and with culverts.<ref name=SIPA/><ref name=IGESPAR/> At the centre of the flat facade of the frontispeice is the arched portico surmounted by the coat-of-arms of Portugal and lateral volutes.<ref name=SIPA/><ref name=IGESPAR/>

In the interior, is a small square framed by three constructions covered by rooftile with ramps providing access to adarve and rooftops. The quarter include vaulted ceilings and fireplaces.<ref name=SIPA/>

==References==
===Notes===
{{Reflist|30em}}
===Sources===
* {{citation |last=Beça |first=Humberto |title=Os Castelos de Entre-Douro e Minho |location=Famalicão, Portugal |year=1923 |language=Portuguese}}
* {{citation |last=Guerra |first=Luís de Figueiredo |title=Castelos do Distrito de Viana |location=Coimbra, Portugal |year=1926 |language=Portuguese}}
* {{citation |editor=Ministério das Obras Públicas |title=Relatório da Actividade do Ministério no ano de 1955 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |year=1956 |language=Portuguese}}
* {{citation |last=Moreira |first=Bastos |title=O Forte da Lagarteira (Âncora) in Jornal do Exército |location=Lisbon, Portugal |year=1984 |language=Portuguese}}
* {{citation |last=Gil |first=Júlio |title=Os Mais Belos Castelos e Fortalezas de Portugal |location=Lisbon, Portugal |year=1986 |language=Portuguese}}
* {{citation |last=Moreira |first=Rafael |title=Do Rigor Histórico à Urgência prática: a arquitectura militar in História da Arte em Portugal |volume=8 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |year=1986 |pages=67-85 |language=Portuguese}}
* {{citation |last=Almeida |first=Carlos Alberto Ferreira de |title=Alto Minho |location=Lisbon, Portugal |year=1987 |language=Portuguese}}
* {{citation |last=Nunez |first=Estanislao Fernandez de la Cigoña |title=Teoría e Proyecto sobre les Fortificationes Militares al Norte del Duero |publisher=Gabinete de História e Arqueologia de Vila Nova de Gaia |location=Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal |year=1987 |language=Spanish}}


[[Category:Forts in Portugal|Lagarteira]]
[[Category:Forts in Portugal|Lagarteira]]

Revision as of 00:31, 22 August 2018

Template:Geobox The Fort of Lagarteira (Template:Lang-pt) is a medieval fort in the civil parish of Vila Praia de Âncora, municipality of Caminha in the Portuguese Norte, classified as a Property of Public Interest (Imóvel de Interesse Público).

History

The fort was probably constructed between 1640 and 1668, during the Restoration Wars to protect the Portuguese coast from Spanish attacks.[1][2] Its structure followed the models established in the era for the construction of fortresses implanted along teh Alto Minho area, which was an advance in military defensive fortifications.[1][2] Engineer Bastos Moreira cites 1690 as the date of its construction, under orders of King D. Pedro II.[1]

On 16 November 1939, the fort was ceded to the Ministério da Marinha (Ministry of the Navy).[1]

Work on the fort by the Direcção dos Serviços de Construção e Conservação (Directorate for Construction and Conservation Services) began in 1955.[1]

On 24 January 1967, by decree the fort was mis-classified as structure in the municipality of Viana do Castelo.[1] Then, on 10 March, the diploma was rectified to correct its effective administrative territory in the municipality of Caminha (47 508; DG, Série I, 59).[1]

Work to improve the stability and consolidate the structure was carried-out in the early 1980s, while the spaces were electrified after 1997 to provide illumination to the site.[1]

Architecture

The fort is located on the right margin of the River Âncora, over a soft cliffside, alongside the port, in an area known as Lagarteira.

Its plan consists of four lateral bastions and accentuated battery, with three of the sides crowned by roof.[1][2] The walls are grounded in the rocky coast, with its extension circled by a curved frame anc crowned by battlement, only interrupted by corner bartizans (crowned by circular roofs over plinths and cannon emplacements along the battery.[1][2] Along the northern bastion is a closed balcony wall (typical of medeival designs) on three canals and with culverts.[1][2] At the centre of the flat facade of the frontispeice is the arched portico surmounted by the coat-of-arms of Portugal and lateral volutes.[1][2]

In the interior, is a small square framed by three constructions covered by rooftile with ramps providing access to adarve and rooftops. The quarter include vaulted ceilings and fireplaces.[1]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Noé, Paula; Bandeira, Filomena (1998), SIPA (ed.), Forte de Âncora/Forte da Lagarteira (IPA.00004110/PT011602170009) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, retrieved 19 August 2017
  2. ^ a b c d e f Oliveira, Cataina (2016). IGESPAR (ed.). "Forte de Âncora" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: IGESPAR-Instituto de Gestão do Património Arquitectónico e Arqueológico. Retrieved 21 August 2018.

Sources

  • Beça, Humberto (1923), Os Castelos de Entre-Douro e Minho (in Portuguese), Famalicão, Portugal{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Guerra, Luís de Figueiredo (1926), Castelos do Distrito de Viana (in Portuguese), Coimbra, Portugal{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Ministério das Obras Públicas, ed. (1956), Relatório da Actividade do Ministério no ano de 1955 (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Moreira, Bastos (1984), O Forte da Lagarteira (Âncora) in Jornal do Exército (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Gil, Júlio (1986), Os Mais Belos Castelos e Fortalezas de Portugal (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Moreira, Rafael (1986), Do Rigor Histórico à Urgência prática: a arquitectura militar in História da Arte em Portugal (in Portuguese), vol. 8, Lisbon, Portugal, pp. 67–85{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Almeida, Carlos Alberto Ferreira de (1987), Alto Minho (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Nunez, Estanislao Fernandez de la Cigoña (1987), Teoría e Proyecto sobre les Fortificationes Militares al Norte del Duero (in Spanish), Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal: Gabinete de História e Arqueologia de Vila Nova de Gaia
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