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 | Pulo do Lobo ("Wolf's Leap" in Portuguese) is a natural waterfall in the Guadiana River, at a remote location. |  | 09/23/2005 | 310 | 
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 | The Alqueva dam is a dam located at the Guadiana river in the Alentejo region.
The reservoir is Portugal and Western Europe's largest.
The complex project was made to produce hydroelectric power, irrigation for farms in the surrounding area, as well as a large reservoir where several tourist ventures are also being built.
Alqueva, a village of about 350 inhabitant... |  | 09/26/2009 | 33 |
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 | This fortress is located around Tomar (Portugal), the old Templiers city. It is built on an island of Tage river standing for 310 meters length, 75 meters broad and 18 meters at the highest point. Fortress Moor, the castle of Almourol was taken again at the time of the Portuguese reconquista under the reign of Alphonse 1st. In 1171, the castle was entrusted to the temple which decided to rebuil... | | 01/02/2006 | 215 |
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 | Fort São Julião da Barra is located on the corner of São Gião, the right bank of the Tagus River in the town of Oeiras, Lisbon District, Portugal
Considered in the past as the “Shield of the Kingdom”, the largest sea fortress in the country is the largest and most complete military defence complex in Vauban style remaining in Portugal.
He was originally in conjunction wit... | | 08/29/2009 | 41 |
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 | (Castelo de Paderne) is in Algarve, Portugal.
This hill fort was built by the Moors in the second half of the 12th Century.
Its is eight kilometers (five miles) from the Algarve resort of Albufeira, on a River Quarteira bend close to the village and civil parish of Paderne. It is 7.5 km (4.7 miles) north from the coast.
The castle is one of seven ... | | 09/21/2009 | 36 |
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 | Fortress Eben-Emael, a beautiful name for an impregnable fortress.<br> Unfortunately, less then 50 German paratroopers managed to silence the fortress in less then 15 minutes.
In 1988, the fortress was re-opened and it became able to visit the fortress. Nowadays, a lot of work is done by the volunteers of the fortress, to give you the most realistic impression of what happened ove... | | 09/12/2009 | 47 |
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 | The Golubac fortress (Serbian: Голубачки град or Golubački grad) is located near the town of Golubac in north-eastern Serbia, on the right side of the Danube river, and marks the entrance to the Djerdap national park. It was most likely built during the 14th century, and it is a rather large and well-preserved fo... | | 01/30/2007 | 371 |
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 | Fortress built in the 17th century by King Philip II of Spain. |  | 08/28/2005 | 297 |
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 | Lisbon Castle (Castelo de São Jorge) in Lisbon, Portugal. When you move to South-East you will see the narrow alleys of Alfama (oldest part of Lisbon) sprawling downhill to the bank of river Tejo. | | 09/02/2005 | 388 |
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 | Fortress "Gerhard" is built between 1856 and 1863 as component of the Swinoujscie fortress. From 1921 till 1945, the fortress was in use by the Kriegsmarine.
The fortress today:
Fortress "Gerhard" is nowadays a museum. It has an exhibit about the garrison life during the Interbellum and World War II.
Address:ul. Ku Morzu, Swinoujscie | | 09/12/2009 | 38 |
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 | ancient mountain fortress near Turin. This building are composed of three fortress connected by a stair of 4000 steps | | 11/12/2006 | 338 |
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 | The island fort is built on a rocky islet at the mouth of River Minho. |  | 08/28/2005 | 252 |
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