Cape Espichel
Cabo Espichel is a cape situated on the western coast of the Freguesia (Portugal), civil parish of Castelo (Sesimbra), Castelo, Concelho, municipality of Sesimbra, in the Portugal, Portuguese Setúbal (district), district of Setúbal. History Following the Chalcolithic, human tribes began to look for elevated locations in order provide a natural defense; there are vestiges encountered in the area of Outeiro Redondo and Zambujal, that indicate this preoccupation and conflicts.Mário Nuno Antas and Sofia Ferreira (2011), p.9 During the Iron Age, there are documented references to the lands of Risco, farther to the west of Cabo Espichel, that was a largest undefended settlement at the time. Avieno in ''Orla Marítima'' named Cabo Espichel, ''Cabo Cêmpsico'', and was probably because the name was associated with the peoples that lived in the vicinity. Later, the geographer Strabo called this area ''Promontorium Barbaricum''. At a time when Roman settlement persisted in the Iberian ...
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Castelo (Sesimbra)
Castelo may refer to: Places Brazil * Castelo, Espírito Santo, a municipality in the State of Espírito Santo * Castelo (Rio de Janeiro), a neighbourhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro Portugal * Castelo (Lisbon), a civil parish in the municipality of Lisbon * Castelo (Moimenta da Beira), a civil parish in the municipality of Moimenta da Beira * Castelo (Sertã), a civil parish in the municipality of Sertã * Castelo (Sesimbra), a civil parish in the municipality of Sesimbra * Santa Maria do Castelo e São Miguel (Torres Vedras), a civil parish in the municipality of Torres Vedras Torres Vedras () is a municipality in the Portuguese district of Lisbon, approximately north of the capital Lisbon in the Oeste region, in the Centro of Portugal. The population was 83,075, in an area of . History In 1148, Afonso I took ... * Castelo do Neiva (Viana do Castelo), a civil parish in the municipality of Viana do Castelo Other * Castelo Futebol Clube, a Brazilian ...
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