Cabo da Roca (Cape Roca) is a cape which forms the westernmost extent of mainland Portugal and continental Europe (and by definition the Eurasian land mass). The cape is in the Portuguese municipality of Sintra, west of the district of Lisbon, forming the westernmost extent of the Serra de Sintra.
Monument declaring Cabo da Roca as the westernmost extent of continental Europe
History
“ Aqui, onde a terra se acaba e o mar começa...[Here, where the land ends and the sea begins...] ”
—Luís de Camões, Os Lusíadas
Cabo da Roca was known to the Romans as Promontorium Magnum and during the Age of Sail as the Rock of Lisbon.
The 16th century Portuguese poet Luís de Camões described Cabo da Roca as the place "where the land ends and the sea begins" (Portuguese: Onde a terra se acaba e o mar começa).
The granite boulders and sea cliffs along the coast
The invasive Carpobrotus edulis spread onto the plateau of the Cape
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