page_title: Fort of Our Lady of the Incarnation (Carvoeiro)
section_title: Architecture
hierarchical_section_title: Fort of Our Lady of the Incarnation (Carvoeiro) / Architecture
caption_attribution_description: English: View of the inside of the entrance to the former fort at Carvoeiro (Lagoa), Algarve, Portugal.
context_page_description: The Fort of Our Lady of the Incarnation is a small fortification in the civil parish of Carvoeiro, municipality of Lagoa, in Portuguese Algarve.
context_section_description: The fort is located in a semi-rural environment along the maritime coast, approximately 100 metres (330 ft) above sea level, on a strategic clifftop.
  The fortress, whose remains only include the eastern wall and gate, in addition to the Hermitage of Nossa Senhora da Encarnação and historical dependencies of the Portuguese outpost of the Guarda Fiscal. The fort gate is surmounted by a stone lintel on which is written the date of construction.
  It is not known when the shrine was built in the interior of an entrenched polygonal-plan fortification, built to protect the populace from frequent assaults and plundering by pirates.
  The shrine is a depository for two images: of the patron saint (Our Lady of the Incarnation) dating to the 17th century; and the Crucifixion, attributed in the 19th century.
caption: Interior of fort gate
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