Forte de Nossa Senhora dos Anjos de Paimogo

English:Now a calm and discreet beach, seen here from the “Parque de Estacionamento”, Estrada do Paimogo, at the foot of the 17th c. fort ("Forte de Nossa Senhora dos Anjos de Paimogo").In the early days of the Peninsular War,Gen. Robert Anstruther (1768-1809)landed his brigade here, atPaimogoBay (Paymayo or Pai-Mogo in 19th c. literature), in the evening of August 19th, 1808.Simultaneously,Lt.-Gen. Wroth Palmer Acland (1770-1816)would land on the 20th atPorto Novo, about 8 km further south.Both of them reinforced the British Army led byLieutenant-General Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852), which had already landed at Praia do Cabedelo, South of Figuera da Foz, on August 1st onwards.On21 August 1808already, theBattle of Vimeiroput an end to the first napoléonic invasion of Portugal.Azulejos’s panels, exhibited in front of theCentro de Interpretação da Batalha do Vimeiro, depict the landings at Paimogo and Porto Novo :<►Paimogo:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vimeiro,_Padr%C3%A3o_do_Vimeiro,_Painel_de_azulejos_-_1.jpg<►Porto Novo:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vimeiro,_Padr%C3%A3o_do_Vimeiro,_Painel_de_azulejos_-_2.jpg.

Data: 15 de março de 2017, 13:43:40

Autor: Alta Falisa

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Link origem: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Paimogo_Beach_%E2%80%93_Landing_spot,_19_August_1808.jpg