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πππ¦π§π’π₯ππππ π₯π’π¨π§π π’π π§ππ πππ‘ππ¦ π’π π§π’π₯π₯ππ¦ π©πππ₯ππ¦With more than 200 years of history, the Lines of Torres Vedras represent the struggle of #Portugal
to recover its sovereignty during the #Napoleonic wars.
The lines whose name comes from the city of #TorresVedras, are a defensive system 
made up of lines of forts built in secret in order to defend Lisbon during the wars of #Spain and Portugal under the First Empire.
made up of lines of forts built in secret in order to defend Lisbon during the wars of #Spain and Portugal under the First Empire.
They were built, by order of the future Duke of #Wellington, by Portuguese workers between November 1809 and September 1810 and stopped the Massena offensive started in 1810 during the third #Napoleonic invasion of Portugal.
The Historical Route of the Torres Vedras Lines are members of the European Federation of #Napoleonic Cities.@OfVedras
