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MonumentsCastelo da Amieira do TejoBelieved by some authors to have been the first Gothic castle built in Portugal, Amieira do Tejo castle stands as an important testament to 14th-century military architecture.This small medieval castle, which has a rectangular floorplan, features (...)
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MonumentsCastelo da LousãThe castle is formed by the keep, whose base adds to its imposing majesty, a small wall and some cubic turrets. The whole of the castle is built of Silurian schist, the local stone, except for the decoration of the door of the keep, which is made of (...)
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MonumentsCastelo de AbrantesThe fortress consists of mediaeval fortifications strengthened with bastions. The mediaeval castle still preserves its keep and some sections of wall with round turrets. Your attention is drawn to the brick-vaulted spaces.
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MonumentsCastelo de AlandroalThe huge keep dominates the castle and the town. Of particular interest here is the gate flanked by towers and a horseshoe arch, built of local marble. Close by is the parish church of Nossa Senhora da Graça.
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MonumentsCastelo de Alcácer do SalSome sections still remain of the mud and stone wall that once surrounded the town. The central fortress was adapted to form a convent.You can still see the ruins of the Convent and Church of Santa Maria do Castelo, built in the Romanesque-Gothic (...)
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MonumentsCastelo de AlegreteThis is a vast quadrilateral of walls with cubic turrets. There still remain some parapets, gates, battlements and embrasures scattered around the castle and its walls.
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MonumentsCastelo de AlfaiatesIt used to be called the ‘Castle of the Moon’ because it seemed to reach so far into the sky - come and see just why it was given this name.Probably dating back to the 13th century and founded by King Afonso X of León, the ‘Castle of the Moon’ (...)
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MonumentsCastelo de AljezurAljezur Castle (Castelo de Aljezur)The Castle, built on the ruins of a Roman-period castle, which archaeological remains date back to the Bronze Age, was part of the defensive system that protected Silves during the Almohad period, between the 12th (...)
Telephone: +351 289 896 070
Fax: +351 289 803 633
E-mail: geral@cm-aljezur.pt
Website: https://cm-aljezur.pt/pt/600/castelo-de-aljezur.aspx
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MonumentsCastelo de AlmourolIn the middle of the River Tagus, the enigmatic Almourol Castle is one of the most emblematic monuments of the Christian reconquest. Situated on an island in the middle of the River Tagus, Almourol is one of the most distinctive castles in Portugal, (...)
Telephone: +351 249 720 358
Fax: +351 249 720 358
E-mail: girp@cm-vnbarquinha.pt
Website: http://www.igespar.pt
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MonumentsCastelo de Alter do ChãoThis castle was built in the shape of a quadrangle, with high crenellated curtain walls protected by cylindrical towers, crowned by battlements, conical pinnacles, Gothic portals and the tall square keep, roughly 44 metres high.
