Gun embrasure at Forte de Sao Vicente on the Line of Torres Vedras in Portugal.

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Forte de Sao Vicente is one of the forts of the Lines of Torres Vedras, built during the Peninsular Wars, part of the Napoleonic Wars of the early 19th century, as part of Arthur Wellesley's (later the Duke of Wellington) strategy to defeat the French Army.

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Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: Forte de Sao Vicente, Torres Vedras, Estremadura, Portugal, Europe
Photo credit: © Stuart Forster / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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