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Fort of São Julião da Barra

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    Photo by Leonardus de Ferrarys via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Bad weather at Carcavelos (12552470153).jpg

    Photo by Bosc d'Anjou from New York, NY, USA via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

  • BAR000299 - Procissão no Forte de São Julião da Barra.jpg

    Photo by José Artur Leitão Bárcia via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • BAR000310 - Monumento a Gomes Freire de Andrade.jpg

    Photo by José Artur Leitão Bárcia via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Barra do Tejo, barcos perto de Torre de Belém, Bugio e São Julião da Barra (escola portuguesa, século XIX).png

    Photo by Unknown authorUnknown author via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Batalha da Roliça (Acervo Museológico do Forte de São Julião da Barra).png

    Photo by Unknown authorUnknown author via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Baía de Cascais - Portugal (52519571585).jpg

    Photo by Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • Captain Jack's Favourite part of the story "We saw them off" he says - Lisbon (52742653371).jpg

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Capacity

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1579

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Operator

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1579

Region

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Security level

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Death-row facility

No

Conditions

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Visiting

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Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

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Known issues

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Notable inmates

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Contact & address

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Fort of São Julião da Barra. Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fort-of-sao-juliao-da-barra
Chicago
"Fort of São Julião da Barra." World Prisons. Accessed October 23, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fort-of-sao-juliao-da-barra.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-fort-of-sao-juliao-da-barra,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Fort of São Julião da Barra},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fort-of-sao-juliao-da-barra},
  urldate = {2026-10-23}
}