Striking construction, over seventy kilometers, performed in record time by hundreds of thousands of workers. These defensive lines have stopped Napoleon troops, causing their defeat and withdrawal to France.
What is absolutely unbelievable is how it was possible to build a monument of this dimension in complete secrecy. In fact, the defensive lines were a total surprise to Napoleao's huge army on their way to Lisbon.
Wellington Defensive Lines is a wheelchair accessible monument.
Check here the information, by Wikipedia, about the Wellington Lines.
Stay at the holiday villa Casa do Lago to visit the nearby striking Wellington fortified lines, which is a wheelchair accessible monument.