Fort Ponta da Bandeira chapel dedicated to Santa Barbara, patroness of the artillerymen and miners, and decorated with azulejo tiles.

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Lagos lies at the mouth of Bensafrim River and along the Atlantic Ocean, in the Barlavento region of the Algarve, in southern Portugal. Lagos is one of the most visited cities in the Algarve and Portugal, due to its variety of tourist-friendly beaches, rock formations (Ponta da Piedade), bars, restaurants and hotels, renowned for its vibrant summer nightlife Lagos is also a historic centre of the Portuguese Age of Discovery, frequent home of Henry the Navigator, historical shipyard and, at one time, centre of the European slave trade.

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Size: 5184px × 3456px
Location: Fort Ponta da Bandeira chapel, Lagos, Potugal
Photo credit: © Roger Hollingsworth / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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