Sagres, Portugal
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Sagres is a town located in the municipality of Vila do Bispo
, Algarve, Portugal
. It has a surface of 34,28 km² and a population of 1 939 (in 2001). Sagres Point, historically connected to the Portuguese Age of Discovery, is located there.
Prince Henry the Navigator (1394–1460) lived and died in Sagres.
Vila do Bispo
Vila do Bispo is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 179.0 km² and a total population of 5,381 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 5 parishes, and is located in the District of Faro...
, Algarve, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
. It has a surface of 34,28 km² and a population of 1 939 (in 2001). Sagres Point, historically connected to the Portuguese Age of Discovery, is located there.
Prince Henry the Navigator (1394–1460) lived and died in Sagres.