Sagres Point (, , from the
Latin Promontorium Sacrum ‘Holy Promontory’) is a windswept shelf-like
promontory located in the southwest
Algarve region of southern
Portugal. Only 4 km to the west and 3 km to the north lies
Cape St. Vincent , which is usually taken as the southwesternmost tip of Europe. The vicinity of Sagres Point and Cape St. Vincent has been used for religious purposes since
Neolithic times, to which standing
menhirs near
Vila do Bispo, a few miles from both points, attest.