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   Castelo de Braga

   The Keep (Braga Castle)Set off by the Praça do Castelo and the Praça da República, the Keep is all that remains of Braga castle. This thirty-metre high granite structure gives an idea of the five towers that guarded over the medieval walls.At the (...)

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   Castelo de Campo Maior

   Campo Maior CastleThere are several surviving vestiges of Campo Maior Castle, dating from the mediaeval era, including wall sections and the north tower with large boulders. The remnants of the 17th-century fortified wall, adapted by Nicolau de (...)
   
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   Castelo de Carrazeda de Ansiães

   There are some ruins of the walled town remaining, most notably the Porta de São Salvador, flanked by two towers, and the keep. Inside the walls are remains of different constructions, particularly the Romanesque church of São Salvador which appears (...)

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   Castelo de Castelo Bom

   The walls built on an ancient castro site, occupied since Bronze Age, now belong to Castelo Bom, in one of the oldest and highest regions of the country.Castelo Bom sits at an altitude of 725 metres, overlooking the River Côa. The village, close to (...)

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   Castelo de Castelo de Vide

   Significant sections of the defensive walls and the keep still remain standing. In Rua de Santo António, inside the castle walls and built against them, are the old lodging quarters of the castle's garrison, with unrendered dry stone walls and (...)

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   Castelo de Castelo Mendo

   This consists of the (ruined) citadel and the wall surrounding the village. Several gates have been preserved and the main gate is flanked by two quadrangular towers. In the citadel there are traces of houses and the ruins of a church.

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   Castelo de Castro Marim

   Castro Marim Castle was strategically built in the 13th century on a hill on the right bank of the River Guadiana. It bears witness to the region's rich military and cultural history.The semi-circular outer wall enclosed the settlement and the (...)

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   Castelo de Chaves

   Chaves Castle was built in the 9th century by King Afonso III of León, to reinforce the settlement defences during the Christian Reconquest. Throughout the centuries, it underwent several reconstructions, mainly with the upgrading of Chaves to a (...)

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   Castelo de Elvas

   The fortress perimeter has the shape of an irregular polygon, with a maximum diameter of 1,000 metres. There are three main entrances to the castle - the Porta da Esquina, Porta de Olivença and Porta de São Vicente. The keep was rebuilt in 1488.

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    Castelo de Estremoz

    Amongst the mediaeval fortifications are the quite unusual keep (the 13-14C "tower of the three crowns") built of local stone, some sections of wall, towers, gates and the Torre das Couraças (The Tower of Armour). The upper town inside the castle (...)

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