Pessegueiro Island

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The Ilha do Pessegueiro ( ger Peach Tree Island ) is a small Portuguese island. It belongs to the municipality of Porto Covo and the district Sines in Alentejo Litoral in Portugal.

It is an island 250 meters off the Atlantic coast, about five kilometers from Porto Covo, between the ports of Sines and Vila Nova de Milfontes. In addition to a fort dating from the 16th century, here is the beach and the nature of the national park Parque Natural do Southwest Alentejo and Costa Vicentina are worth seeing.

History

Although BC there are a few pre-Roman finds from the 4th or 3rd century, and the island with the place " Poetanion " from Flavius ​​Avienus " Ora Maritima " is identified - a copy of the 4th century, which is known to consist of up to 1000 years older reports is compiled, it was the Romans, the middle of the 1st century, the first building erected on the island. the older Roman buildings must have been covered with straw or other perishable materials, as finds of roof tiles do not go in front of the 2. , or 3rd century.

The Roman ruins in the saddle at the southern tip of the island were uncovered from 1980 to 1984. It can be seen rectangular buildings, which in some cases two or more indoor as well as two round floorplans. A bread- and a furnace for metals can be identified by the holes in the Stampflehmfußboden. The buildings and the ovens are in the 1st and 2nd centuries as well as some pool for the fish processing industry, most of which, as well as a spa center, come from the 3rd or 4th century.

In the 16th century, when the fort was built, it was planned to be applied to the northern tip of the island, a quay wall or a port. The work began in 1588, but were already set in 1603 because of impracticability. From this time the quarry and the broken-down plant units on the north side come. The fort, which is a counterpart opposite was later on the mainland, had the task of protecting the works from attacks by pirates.