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MonumentsCastelo de ArraiolosAraiolos Castle is a rectangular enclosure, containing the keep and clock tower, built in Manueline style. In the centre of the walled zone there is a 16th century parish church.
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MonumentsCastelo de AvisAvis CastleThree of Avis Castle’s original six towers still exist today - the Tower of the Queen or of the Convent, (next to the Doorway of the Angel and Arch), the Tower of Santo António (to the west) and the Tower of S. Roque (to the North-East). (...)
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MonumentsCastelo de BejaBeja Castle, while resting on Roman fortifications, was rebuilt by king Dinis in 1310. This is the structure, part of the king´s reinforcement of national defences, that can now be seen.During the 16th century, certain improvements were carried out (...)
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MonumentsCastelo de BelmonteYour attention is drawn to the keep, the mullioned Manueline window in the palace's outer wall and the walled enclosure. The coat of arms of the Cabral family, erected in memory of the noble family of governors, is to be found above the window.
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MonumentsCastelo de BelverThis hill fort dominates long stretches of the River Tagus. Circular in shape, it still preserves the partly crenellated walls, with the remains of the turrets that used to form part of its perimeter. The main gate dates from the 15C with a (...)
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MonumentsCastelo de BorbaBorba Castle was built at the orders of D. Afonso II, in 1217, to mark yet another victory in the Christian Reconquest of this part of the territory. In 1302, the king D. Dinis, who was concerned about preserving the borders of Portugal, ordered (...)
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MonumentsCastelo de BragaThe 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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MonumentsCastelo de Campo MaiorCampo 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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MonumentsCastelo de Carrazeda de AnsiãesThere 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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MonumentsCastelo de Castelo BomThe 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 (...)
