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Sines is a town and a municipality in Portugal. The municipality, divided into two parishes, has around 14,214 inhabitants in an area of 203.30 km2. Sines holds an important oil refinery and several p
A monument to Vasco da Gama who was christened in the parish church of Sines, and whose father was the alcade-mor of the castle
The ancient centre of Sines: the castle was initiated as protection from pirates in 1362
Battlements along the south wall of the Castle of Sines
The Revelim Fort, the 17th Century fort used for the protection from pirates
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Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country in Southwestern Europe. Mainland Portugal is located on the southwestern portion of the Iberian Peninsula, and bordered by Spain to the north
Sines
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The Roman Temple of Évora, built in the 1st century
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The Constituent Cortes of 1820 approved the first constitution of Portugal.
José Relvas proclaiming the republic on 5 October 1910, at Lisbon City Hall