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Shipwreck with 22 Tons of Gold Treasure Identified off Portugal Coast
Greek Reporter ^ | December 27, 2024 | Luis Mendoza

Posted on 12/30/2024 10:16:38 PM PST by nickcarraway

Marine archaeologist Alexandre Monteiro has said that the coast of Portugal between the Azores and Madeira islands holds golden treasure-laden shipwrecks. This region is said to contain close to 8,620 ships, and 250 of them are said to hold a significant amount of gold treasure.

Monteiro is an investigator who works with Nova University in Lisbon and has built a database that records shipwrecks dating back to the XVI century when historical records become more easily accessible.

In an interview with a local outlet, Lusa, Monteiro claims to have documented more than 7,500 shipwrecks off Portugal’s continental coast, 1000 near the Azores, and 120 off the island of Madeira.

Some of the most significant shipwrecks on the coast of Portugal are ships filled with gold treasure In the interview, Monteiro highlighted some of the most significant shipwrecks he could identify in the area. For instance, he claimed that near Troia there is a Spanish ship called Nossa Senhora do Rosário, which according to Monteiro was carrying 22 tons of gold and silver. Unfortunatley, the exact location of this ship remains undiscovered.

Since this ship has sunk, the treasure is secure from potential looting due to its depth in the ocean. This is also the case for many of the alleged 250 shipwrecks in the area.

Grecian Delight supports Greece Remarkably, Monteiro claims that in the immediate area, there are almost 250 shipwrecks that hold treasure with similar characteristics.

“We know that there are 250 ships that hold treasures, and sooner or later, a construction project or something similar will discover it. Regardless, there is no contingency plan to protect these findings,” he said.

The Portuguese government has failed to take action over Monteiro’s findings

Monteiro’s research is accessible to anyone, and the data he compiled has been handed to Portuguese officials. Despite this, however, the Portuguese government has not taken any measures to protect the sites.

Cultural sites such as the ones described by Monteiro’s research represent an invaluable heritage to the country, both culturally and economically. Failing to act to protect these sites could put these unique sites and the treasures they hold at risk.

According to the marine archaeologist, the biggest tragedy of these shipwrecks is the fact that no one really knows how many ships there are, and where they are located. But Monteiro says this is only the first step, as it is much more important to actively protect the shipwrecks.

The local scientific community is applying pressure for more proactive action from the government to preserve the remains of these ships, as despite them being safe from looting, construction projects pose the greatest threat to these sites.


TOPICS: History; Local News; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: ancientnavigation; booty; coins; godsgravesglyphs; portugal; shipwreck; treasure
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To: wildcard_redneck
A lee shore, sometimes also called a leeward (/ˈljuːərd/ shore, or more commonly /ˈliːwərd/), is a nautical term to describe a stretch of shoreline that is to the lee side of a vessel—meaning the wind is blowing towards land. Its opposite, the shore on the windward side of the vessel, is called the weather or windward shore (/ˈwɪnərd/ or, more commonly, /ˈwɪndwərd/).

That made me think of Horatio Hornblower's first lieutenancy exam...there's always shoals to leeward in a lieutenancy exam apparently.

21 posted on 12/31/2024 5:48:08 AM PST by FateAmenableToChange
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To: wildcard_redneck

“...Because of the danger of being driven aground on a LEE shore”...
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To a casual observer, the LEE shore is the shoreline in the calmer “shadow” of the wind.

Once on board and driven against the rocks, it becomes THEIR lee shore.


22 posted on 12/31/2024 5:51:49 AM PST by Does so (A country about to outlaw Yellow #4 food dye, but makes Marijuana legal?...🇺🇦...Dem☭¢rat...≣ ∅)
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To: wny

I didn’t know that


23 posted on 12/31/2024 5:55:01 AM PST by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: nickcarraway

I was making a smart a** remark...

If you look back through past several years, Spain has claimed just about every wreck found.


24 posted on 12/31/2024 6:09:32 AM PST by JParris
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To: DesertRhino

The FBI protects our Civil War gold antiquities.


25 posted on 12/31/2024 7:36:18 AM PST by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT. And I am generally full of /S)
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To: wny

“Last I read...if it’s a warship it belongs to that government.”

You’re correct... but there really should be a time limit on that. Especially after a few centuries.


26 posted on 12/31/2024 8:25:48 AM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI..)
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To: nickcarraway; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Marine archaeologist Alexandre Monteiro has said that the coast of Portugal between the Azores and Madeira islands holds golden treasure-laden shipwrecks. This region is said to contain close to 8,620 ships, and 250 of them are said to hold a significant amount of gold treasure.
Thanks nickcarraway, and to all Happy New Year -- Drive Safe!

27 posted on 12/31/2024 10:04:04 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: lefty-lie-spy

Another ship with the same name was lost in 1622 in the Dry Tortugas. That’s kind of interesting.

https://shiplib.org/index.php/shipwrecks/iberian-shipwrecks/spanish-and-the-new-world/nuestra-senora-del-rosario-1622/


28 posted on 12/31/2024 1:06:13 PM PST by rdl6989 ( )
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