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Caption
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Wide-angle view of Torre de Belem, on the river Tagus, Lisbon, Portugal.
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Description
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Torre de Belem was an essential part of the defensive system for the mouth of the River Tagus, providing crossfire with the fortress of Sao Sebastiao de Caparica on the South Bank. |
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Keywords
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By, 1520, this, tower, was, completed, and, ever, since, then, it, has, remained, for, posterity, as, one, of, the, world's, most, beautiful, examples, of, military, architecture. |
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