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100 places in the atlas, 11 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Archaeological wonder
Claimed 9600 BCE Atlantis (plateau 5–10 Ma) · Pseudo Donnelly / Ocean drilling
Azores 1–2 km deep plateau claimed Atlantis — DSDP Leg 37 shows 5–10 Ma spreading Recorded context — Period: Claimed 9600 BCE Atlantis (plateau 5–10 Ma); Culture: Pseudo Donnelly / Ocean drilling;…
🇵🇹 Portugal · Ancient port
Pseudoarchaeology claim (1882 Donnelly Azores → 2019 YouTube spur) · Donnelly / Brasseur / Bimini–Azores YouTube composite
Pseudo Azores spur causeway – claim that Azores Plateau spur at –1800 m is Bimini's second basalt highway bank.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Ancient city
Medieval cartographic (1424 Pizzigano – 1492 Columbus) · Pizzigano–Portuguese cartographic
1424 Pizzigano rectangular 'Seven Cities' phantom west of Azores — Columbus' waypoint to Cipangu before Antilia arch.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Submerged site
Portolan chart phantom (1424–1508 CE) · Portuguese–Venetian cartography / Phantom
Azores Satanazes phantom 1424 – Devil archipelago at 33.5°N 29°W, no bank, pure chart error.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Ancient city
Classical literature (350 BCE Theopompus – quoted 2nd c. CE Aelian) · Chian Greek paradoxography
Theopompus 350 BCE satirical Atlantic island with two million-man cities — direct parody of Plato's Atlantis two generations later.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Phantom island
1424 Pizzigano – 1580 removal, but name lives · Portuguese–Genovese cartography + Visigoth legend
1424 Pizzigano rectangle at 35N 28W — seven bishop cities phantom that gave Antilles its name.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Fortress
The Convent of Christ of Tomar (Portuguese: Convento de Cristo de Tomar), also called Convent of Christ (Convento de Cristo) or Monastery of Christ (Mosteiro de Cristo), is a former Catholic convent…
🇵🇹 Portugal · Archaeological wonder
Medieval–Modern cartography (1367 Pizzigani – 1906) · Italian Majorcan–Bristol cartographic
Much-copied Atlantic crescent since 1367 — crescent concave east at 46N 20W surviving to Admiralty 1906.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Fortress
Castelo de Idanha-a-Velha is a castle in Idanha-a-Velha, Idanha-a-Nova municipality, Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Archaeological wonder
Roman Empire
Cividade de Terroso was an ancient city of the Castro culture in North-western coast of the Iberian Peninsula, situated near the present bed of the Ave river, in the suburbs of present-day Póvoa de…
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
The Anta de Adrenunes, located on top of a hill at 426 metres above sea level, in the municipality of Sintra, within Sintra-Cascais Natural Park, Lisbon District, Portugal, is believed to be a Stone…
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
The Anta de Agualva, also known as the Anta do Carrascal, is a megalithic dolmen situated in an urban area of Agualva-Cacém in the municipality of Sintra, in the Lisbon District of Portugal.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
The Anta de Carcavelos, located close to the village of Carcavelos near the town of Lousa in the municipality of Loures in the Lisbon District of Portugal, is a stone age dolmen (burial chamber) or…
🇵🇹 Portugal · Submerged site
Portolan phantom (1435–1492) · Genoese–Portuguese cartography
Northern Antillia variant at 38°N 35°W – 150 km rectangular Seven Cities duplicated northward.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Archaeological wonder
The Belém Palace, officially the National Palace of Belém, is the current official residence of the president of Portugal, the head of state of Portugal.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Fortress
The Castle of Penas Roias (Portuguese: Castelo de Penas Roias) is a Portuguese medieval castle in the civil parish of Penas Roias, municipality of Mogadouro, in the Portuguese of district of Bragança.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
The Dolmen-Chapel of São Brissos (Portuguese: Anta-Capela de São Brissos) is a small chapel located in the parish of Santiago do Escoural in the municipality of Montemor-o-Novo in Portugal.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Fortress
The Castle of Castelo Branco (Portuguese: Castelo de Castelo Branco) is a Portuguese medieval castle in civil parish of Castelo Branco, in the municipality of the same name, in the Centro district of…
🇵🇹 Portugal · Rock shelter
Lagar Velho is a rock shelter in the Lapedo valley, a limestone canyon 13 km from the centre of Leiria, in the municipality of Leiria, in central Portugal.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
The Great Dolmen of Comenda da Igreja (Portuguese: Anta Grande de Comenda da Igreja, or alternately Anta Grande da Herdade da Igreja) is a megalithic funerary site in the civil parish of Nossa…
🇵🇹 Portugal · Archaeological wonder
The Castro of Monte Valinhas, alternately the Castro of São João de Valinhas, is an archaeological site in Portugal, in the civil parish of Santa Eulália, in the municipality of Arouca, notable for…
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Dolmen of Carapito I (Portuguese: Anta de Carapito I) is a megalithic monument located in the civil parish of Carapito, in the municipality of Aguiar da Beira in the Guarda District of Portugal.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Rock art
paleolithic archaeological site in Portugal
