As imagens falam por si por isso nao ha muito mais a dizer.
Visitem o local e vejam por voces mesmos.
The pictures really tell the story, so there's not really
anything else to say. Just go there and experience it for
yourself.
Está a procura de um pequeno recipiente de
plástico com um logbook, lápis e os habituais
objectos para troca. Caso vos seja possivel, por favor tirem fotos
e facam o upload das mesmas com o vosso log online
You are searching for a small plastic container with log
book, pencil and the usual trade items. Please, if you can, take
photos and post them with your online log.
AVISO: Ha enormes precipicios por isso sejam MUITO, MUITO
cuidadosos ao procurarem a cache. Incluimos spoilers e uma pista
bem explícita para tornar a busca mais segura.
WARNING: There are huge cliffs here so be VERY, VERY
careful searching for this cache. Spoiler images and a descriptive
hint are included to make it safer.
A História de Cabo de S. Vicente / The History of
Cape St Vincent
Cape St. Vincent was already sacred ground in Neolithic
times, as standing menhirs in the neighborhood attest. The ancient
Greeks called it Ophiussa (Land of Serpents), inhabited by the
Oestriminis and dedicated here a temple to Heracles. The Romans
called it Promontorium Sacrum (or Holy Promontory). They considered
it a magical place where the sunset was much larger than anywhere
else. They believed the sun sank here hissing into the ocean,
marking the edge of their world.
According to legend, the name of this cape is linked to the
story of a fourth-century martyred Spanish priest St. Vincent whose
body was brought ashore here. A shrine was erected over his grave;
according to the Arab geographer Al-Idrisi, it was always guarded
by ravens. King Afonso Henriques (1139-1185) had the body of the
saint exhumed in 1173 and brought it by ship to Lisbon, still
accompanied by the ravens.
The area around the cape was plundered several times by
pirates from France and Holland and, in 1587, by Sir Francis Drake.
All existing buildings, including the Vila do Infante of Henry the
Navigator fell into ruins because of the Lisbon earthquake of 1755.
The Franciscan monks stayed on until 1834, when all monasteries
were disbanded in Portugal.
O Farol / The Lighthouse
The present lighthouse was built in 1846 over the ruins of a
sixteenth-century Franciscan convent. The statues of St. Vincent
and St. Francis Xavier were moved to the nearby church of Nossa
Senhora da Graça on Point Sagres. This lighthouse, guarding
one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, is the second most
powerful in Europe; its two 1000-watt lamps can be seen as far as
60 kilometers away.
Faróis em Portugal / Lighthouses in
Portugal
Trackables /
Trackables
Se colocarem ou retirarem algum trackable
durante a vossa visita a cache, por favor lembrem-se de registar
essa actividade no site assim que possam para minimizar o risco de
o trackable se perder.
If dropping a trackable in, or
retrieving a trackable from this cache, please remember to log this
activity on the trackable's page on the geocaching.com website as
soon as possible to minimise the possibility of it going
missing.
* Obrigado Wikipedia, e outras fontes. Thanks
Wikipedia, and other sources.
Team Caracache
