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There are still visible on the island of
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In 1588, Terzi began the planning for a fort on the island, as part of a project to construct an artificial port that would link the island to the coast (then approved by cardinal
Alberto, the vice-King). Alexandre Massay substituted Terzi in 1590, beginning the construction of the port, while work
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Christian hermit, but could not, at first, find the sacred image. Deciding to search the entire island, they finally found the statue within a burned bush but unharmed by the fire: the image became known as the
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Construction began once again in 1603, but were interrupted shortly later. It is unclear, but construction on the island was likely completed between 1661 and 1690, although the fort and artificial port remained incomplete.
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on the artificial port continued. The construction was interrupted in 1598, when Massay was transferred to Vila Nova de
Milfontes, to begin work on the construction of a fort to defend the inlet to the
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and with casemates in the central part of the fortification. On the opposite end of the main entrance is a hermitage, dedicated to Santo
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with an artificial rock barrier connecting the island of
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centre, as determined by archaeological excavations which discovered the remains of salt tanks along the southern coast.
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