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Lines of Torres Vedras

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Lines of Torres Vedras
Lines of Torres Vedras
Lines of Torres Vedras
Lines of Torres Vedras
Lines of Torres Vedras
Lines of Torres Vedras
Lines of Torres Vedras
Lines of Torres Vedras
Lines of Torres Vedras
Lines of Torres Vedras
Lines of Torres Vedras
Lines of Torres Vedras
Lines of Torres Vedras
Lines of Torres Vedras
Lines of Torres Vedras
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Torres Vedras, Portugal

The Lines of Torres Vedras were lines of forts built in secrecy to defend Lisbon during the Peninsular War. Named after the nearby town of Torres Vedras, they were ordered by Arthur Wellesley, Viscount Wellington, constructed by Sir Richard Fletcher, 1st Baronet, and his Portuguese workers between November 1809 and September 1810, and used to stop Masséna's 1810 offensive.
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