The Fort of Our Lady of the Incarnation () is a small fortification in the civil parish of Carvoeiro, municipality of Lagoa, in Portuguese Algarve. Architecture
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.
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