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MonumentsCastelo de Santiago do CacémStanding on a hill overlooking the town, the castle is notable for its cubic turrets and crenellated barbican which encircles the castle walls. Adjacent to the castle is the parish church founded in the 13C by the knights of the Order of Santiago. (...)
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MonumentsCastelo de Santo EstevãoThere still remains a mediaeval tower with mullioned windows crowned by polygonal battlements.This was the residence of the infantas, the sisters of D. Afonso II (1211-1223).
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MonumentsCastelo de São BrásFort of São Brás The Fort of São Brás was built in the 16th century, during the Filipine period, in order to defend the town. The old cannons are still on display.An obelisk design by architect Raúl Lino (1879-1974), in the form of a sentry box, (...)
Telephone: +351 296 304 920
Website: https://www.cm-pontadelgada.pt/pages/872?poi_id=2536
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MonumentsCastelo de São João BaptistaSão João Baptista CastleSão João Baptista Castle was commissioned by King D. Filipe II of Spain and I of Portugal, at the end of the 16th century, in order to protect the armadas travelling from the Indies and the Americans, when they passed through (...)
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MonumentsCastelo de São JorgeThe Castelo de São Jorge is one of Lisbon’s most distinctive monuments, being situated on the city’s highest hill.The oldest known fortification at this spot dates from the 2nd century BC, although some of the remains found here date from as far (...)
Telephone: +351 218 800 620
Fax: +351 218 875 695
E-mail: info@castelodesaojorge.pt
Website: http://www.castelodesaojorge.pthttp://www.egeac.pt
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MonumentsCastelo de São SebastiãoBuilt in the 17th century on a rocky headland of the coast, the Castelo de São Sebastião was the main defence of the bay of Porto Pim. It is currently used to house the Faial Eco-Library, a centre that seeks to raise people’s awareness of the need (...)
Telephone: +351 292 202 054
Fax: +351 292 202 054
E-mail: ecoteca.faial@azores.gov.pt
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MonumentsCastelo de SesimbraStamping its presence on the town of Sesimbra, the Castle is surrounded by the lofty peaks of the Arrábida hill range. Although there had been previous settlement on this site, it was during the Moorish period that a fort was constructed.During the (...)
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MonumentsCastelo de SilvesSilves Castle and Urban Enclosure (Castelo e Cerca Urbana de Silves)A tour of Silves is not complete without a visit to its castle, considered one of the main and most beautiful Muslim fortifications in Portugal and the largest in the (...)
Telephone: 282 440 837
E-mail: castelo@cm-silves.pt
Website: https://www.cm-silves.pt/pt/menu/106/castelo-de-silves.aspx
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MonumentsCastelo de SinesSines CastleThe surviving remains of the original mediaeval structure of Sines Castle include the walls crowned by battlements and the keep. The walls include Visigoth architectural elements that formed part of a church built before the seventh (...)
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MonumentsCastelo de SortelhaThe main fortress still survives with its machicolations and embrasures that protected the castle entrance leading into the area where the keep is situated. The town is entirely surrounded by the wall, which has two gates flanked by towers.
