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   Castelo dos Mouros - Sintra

   Winding over two ridges of the Serra de Sintra, the Moorish Castle dates back to the early days of the Moorish occupation of the Peninsula - the 8th Century.After various attempts it was definitively taken by Dom Afonso Henriques in 1147, and there (...)
   
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   Castelo e Cerca Urbana de Loulé

   Loulé Castle and Urban Enclosure (Castelo e Cerca Urbana de Loulé)The town of Loulé - called al-Ûlvã (hilltop) by the Muslims - was, and still is, the largest urban agglomeration in the Algarve without direct contact with the sea.The walls of the (...)
   
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   Castelo e Conjunto Urbano da Vila de Óbidos

   Everywhere throughout the town, its mediaeval flavour is always evident. The whole town is surrounded by high walls and the urban structure is clearly defined by the castle, the entrances to the town and the parade ground.

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   Castelo e Muralha de Monsanto

   Castle and Wall of MonsantoD. Afonso Henriques gave this castle to the Knights Templar, who gave it its present-day form. Having once been an imposing mediaeval fortress, all that now remains are the Torre de Lucena and the quadrangular Torre do (...)

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   Castelo e Muralhas de Celorico da Beira

   Castle and walls of Celorico da Beira The castle consists of the wall with two towers and the keep. It is entered through a raised gate. The town climbs up the crag on which the castle stands and where there are remains of Manueline windows in some (...)

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   Castelo e Muralhas de Portalegre

   Perched on the city´s highest point, Portalegre Castle is proof of the position´s strategic importance so close to Spain. With little prior documentation surviving, it is known that the defensive system was overhauled by king Dinis, at the end of (...)

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   Castelo e Muralhas de Tavira

   Tavira Castle is worth a visit even be it only for the views out over the city, the countryside and down to the sea. The foundations for the defensive systems were built during the Moorish period between the 8th and 13th centuries. After the (...)

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   Monuments

   Castelo ou Forte de São Filipe

   Around 1 km from the city of Setúbal, there is the imposing Fort of São Filipe (Saint Philip) guarding access to the Sado river. It is named after the king who ordered its construction, Filipe I of Portugal and the II of Spain, in 1590. Italian (...)

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   Monuments

   Catedral Visigótica de Idanha-a-Velha

   Idanha-a-Velha Cathedral Currently referred to as the "Cathedral", this church stands on the foundations of another early Christian church, built in the time of the Suevi and integrated into the kingdom of the Visigoths from 585 onwards. The (...)

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    Archaeology

    Cava de Viriato

    A walking area with plenty of trees, this still has some earthen walls that marked out an octagonal-shaped trenched area, about 2 km in circumference. According to historians, it was used as a camp for the Roman legions that kept watch over the (...)

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