Stormy sunset over Cape st Vincent, Sagres, Algarve, Portugal

by Neale And Judith Clark

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Stormy sunset over Cape st Vincent, Sagres, Algarve, Portugal

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Neale And Judith Clark

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Stormy sunset over Atlantic ocean and cliffs at Cape St. Vincent with lighthouse in the distance Sagres Algarve Portugal

Cape St. Vincent or Cabo de São Vicente,is a headland in the municipality of Vila do Bispo, in the Algarve, southern Portugal. It is the southwesternmost point of Portugal and of mainland Europe.

Cape St. Vincent was already sacred ground in Neolithic times, as standing menhirs in the neighborhood attest. The ancient Greeks called it Ophiussa (Land of Serpents), inhabited by the Oestriminis and dedicated here a temple to Heracles. The Romans called it Promontorium Sacrum (or Holy Promontory). Strabo, in his Geography calls this cape the most western tip of the known world and reports the place was considered magical. Common people believed the sun sank here hissing into the ocean, marking the edge of their world, which Strabo qualifies as "common and vulgar reports" and attributes to Posidonius


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