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Royal Academy of Fortification, Artillery, and Drawing
Queen Maria I establishes the Academia Real de Fortificação, Artilharia e Desenho at the Castle of São Jorge in Lisbon, succeeding the seventeenth-century military classes of Luís Serrão Pimentel. The curriculum unites Vauban-style fortification, Frézier descriptive geometry, and the modern artillery doctrines tested by French and Prussian engineers, taught by Manuel de Sousa Ramos and the royal engineer corps. A unified military academy trains the Portuguese army's officers to a continental European standard, preserving the kingdom's technical credibility through the wars of the coming century.
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