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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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   Castelo de Évoramonte

   Évoramonte CastleImplanted on one of the high points in the Serra de Ossa, Évoramonte Castle dates back to the 12th century, when the settlement was conquered from the moors by “Fearless Geraldo”. The first charter was granted to the settlement in (...)

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   Castelo de Freixo de Espada à Cinta

   Surviving to this day is the unique Torre do Galo. This heptagonal tower was part of the castle rebuilt by D. Dinis. Fragments of the wall go around the Manueline Main Church, a 16th-century temple. The town’s old coat of arms can be seen on the (...)

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    Castelo de Guimarães

    The castle´s presence evokes the exciting mixture of legend, poetry and heroism that surrounds the beginning of Portuguese history. On this Monte Largo (Broad Hill) - referred to as alpis latitus in the Latin documents of the time - the nucleus of (...)
    
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