Albarquel fort

[1][2] At the time, the owners of the salt pans and the sailors of the brotherhood of Casa do Corpo Santo contributed to the works of this fort, like those of Outão, and was completed under the reign of Peter II (1667-1706).

[3] Owned by the Ministry of Defence, until 1999 it was part of the nearby Coast Artillery Regiment of the Portuguese Army, with the designation of Oitava Bataria, now extinct.

The new facilities included barracks, messhall, magazines, electrical power-station and warehouses and formed part of the Barron Plan for the defence of Lisbon and Setúbal.

[3] In 2001, by Notice of the Council of Ministers dated 21 June, the land would pass to the Municipality of Setúbal, which would take possession of it in 2015.

[5][4] The Buehler-Brockhaus Foundation, made up of a German couple living in Setúbal, will build a walkway to connect the Urban Park of Albarquela to the beach.

18th century plan of the fort.