Porto Brandão

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Porto Brandão is a locality in the parish of Caparica, the municipality of Almada and the district of Setubal, Portugal. With an excellent strategic location, it is situated by the Tejo river and serves several industrial routes with a part of Trafaria.

[edit] Monuments

Edifício do Lazareto, now in ruins. Until the 1990s, the buildings featured diverse families from the former Portuguese colonies in Africa especially Cape Verde.

[edit] History

Sinte the ancient period, the locality at the south bank of hte Tejo and featured the passage bridge. The Romans and the Arabs settled the small port of Tejo up to the end of the main road. Locally it separated Lisbon by a river and constructed boats with various kinds.

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Alcaniça · Areeiro · Banática · Caparica (seat) · Capuchos · Costas de Cão · Fómega · Fonte Santa · Funchalinho · Granja · Lazarim · Monte da Caparica · Pêra · Pilotos · Porto Brandão · Raposo · Serrado · Torre · Vila Nova de Caparica