2. Sagres Sagres, close to Cape St.Vincent, is a headland on the south-west extremity of the mainland. It's a name which evokes the past glories of the country in the hearts of the Portuguese people, a name associated with the so-called 'Sagres School' (Escola de Sagres) and the maritime epics of earlier days. For while it carries with it a profound significance to the Portuguese there has, in fact, never been a School of Sagres.
	The village has been built by Prince Henry and first named Vila do Infante' (Village of the prince). It's where he retired to during his last months of life and where he died on the 13th of november 1460. He is one of the great personalities in the history of Portugal.

3. Roger Chapelet The paintings shown in this site are all from Roger Chapelet, taken from the book 'Sagres, the school and the ship' (see 'Sources'). He dedicated a great part of his life to the painting of ships and the sea. He's one of that rare breed of marine artists who feel impelled to go to sea, crewing whenever possible so as to obtain first hand experience of seafaring.

When by chance he found himself in Lisbon in 1959 he noticed a large sailing vessel flying the portuguese flag. She happened to be the old training ship Sagres I. Chapelet visited her then and there and so began his love affair with the SAGRES. He was soon painting her from all possible angles - producing unnumerable sektches with the passion of an artist bewitched by his subject. Some time later he was given the opportunity of embarking in that vessel's successor, the present day's Training Ship SAGRES II, making some voyages on her. One of these occasions was when the SAGRES was on passage around the world. Chapelet found time during the ocean crossing of the Pacific to produce thousands of drawings and sketches that he then used for his paintings which are today found in many museums and art galleries and cherished by the owners of many private collections.