Perched on a strategic hillside, high above the hot, dry plains of eastern Portugal, the Nossa Senhora da Graça Fort has been called a masterpiece of 18th-century military architecture. The thick walls that surround the fortress are shaped in a star pattern, with pentagonal bastions jutting out from the curtain wall at the corners. We"re looking at one of those bastions coming to a point in the lower center of our image.
A Portuguese fort takes a star turn
Today in History
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Tolkien Reading Day
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Travel Sunday: Liverpool
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Montreux, Switzerland, and all that jazz
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Arromanches-les-Bains for the 81st anniversary of D-Day
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International Cheetah Day
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Sitting down and taking a stand
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Lavender fields in Plateau de Valensole, France
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Stepping into autumn
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It’s oh so quiet
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Womens History Month
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Springtime in the Mediterranean
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Star Wars Day
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Swim city
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Happy 300th, NOLA!
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World Rainforest Day
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Wartburg Castle overlooking Thuringian Forest in Germany
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The mighty, mighty mushroom
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San Blas Islands, Panama
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It s tree-climbing season
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Happy Juneteenth!
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Prague, Czech Republic
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A day for the oceans
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Saint Andrews Day
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Wychwood Forest, Oxfordshire, England
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Celebrating whales—and a whale of a tale
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Who doesn’t love a ‘Puppy’?
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Happy Mothers Day!
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In celebration of America’s national bird
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Happy Easter!
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A Festivus for the rest of us
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