‘Santiago do Outão’ Fort and Orthopedic Hospital
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Important defense of the Sado estuary and Setúbal. Here has been a monument to Neptune. In the fourteenth century, a tower was built for coastal protection. Over the centuries was expanded and took part in several episodes of defense of nationality and the coast. It has a chapel with tiles, assigned to the Great Schools Lisbon (nineteenth century), and a golden altarpiece. In the twentieth century was a prison and a holiday in for the royal family. Queen Amélia offered this structure to be a sanatorium (the 1st in Portugal). Now is the Orthopedic Hospital of Santiago do Outão.
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Important defense of the Sado estuary and Setúbal. Here has been a monument to Neptune. In the fourteenth century, a tower was built for coastal protection. Over the centuries was expanded and took part in several episodes of defense of nationality and the coast. It has a chapel with tiles, assigned to the Great Schools Lisbon (nineteenth century), and a golden altarpiece. In the twentieth century was a prison and a holiday in for the royal family. Queen Amélia offered this structure to be a sanatorium (the 1st in Portugal). Now is the Orthopedic Hospital of Santiago do Outão.
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Lisboa e Vale do Tejo
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Setúbal
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Arrábida Nature Park
Identification and Access
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Yes
Base Characterization
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Imóvel de Interesse público
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Imóvel de Interesse público
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Imóvel de Interesse público. Decreto n.º 129/77, DR, I Série, n.º 226, de 29-09-1977.
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Hospital
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Isolated in the Sado estuary margins.
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Public
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Fourteenth century
Tips
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Look for an authorized company to do so and take a boat tour of the Setúbal Bay to see the fort / hospital from the river and the dolphins that live in the estuary.
Hospital Ortopédico de Santiago do Outão
Estrada Nacional 379-1
2900-182 SETÚBAL
E-mail: hoso@houtao.min-saude.pt (use only for access to the Orthopedic Hospital)
Telephone: (00351) 265 543 900 (idem)
