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Castle Attractions In Central Portugal

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The Centro Region is a region in central Portugal. The cities with major administrative status inside this region are Coimbra, Aveiro, Viseu, Leiria, Castelo Branco, Covilhã and Guarda. It is one of the seven Regions of Portugal . It is also one of the regions of Europe, as given by the European Union for statistical and geographical purposes. Its area totals 28,462 km2 . As of 2011, its population totalled 2,327,026 inhabitants, with a population density of 82 inhabitants per square kilometre.
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Castle Attractions In Central Portugal

  • 1. Castelo de Óbidos Obidos
    The Castle of Óbidos is a well-preserved medieval castle located in the civil parish of Santa Maria, São Pedro e Sobral da Lagoa, in the municipality of Óbidos, Portuguese district of Leiria.
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  • 2. Castelo de Leiria Leiria
    The Castle of Leiria is a medieval castle in the civil parish of Leiria, Pousos, Barreira e Cortes, municipality of Leiria, district of Leiria.
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  • 3. Castelo de Belmonte Belmonte
    The Castle of Belmonte is a medieval castle located in the municipality of Belmonte, Castelo Branco district in Portugal.
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  • 4. Sabugal Castle Sabugal
    Sabugal is a city and a municipality in the District of Guarda in Portugal. The municipality population in 2011 was 12,544, in an area of 822.70 km². The city proper has a population of about 3,000. There are castles in Sabugal and Sortelha. The present Mayor is Manuel Rito Alves, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is the Monday after Octave of Easter. Main monument: Sabugal Castle
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  • 5. Castelo de Tomar Tomar
    Castelo de Tomar is a castle in Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument.
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  • 6. Castle of the Moors Sintra
    The Castle of the Moors is a hilltop medieval castle located in the central Portuguese civil parish of Santa Maria e São Miguel, in the municipality of Sintra, about 25km northwest of Lisbon. Built by the Berbers in the 8th and 9th centuries, it was an important strategic point during the Reconquista, and was taken by Christian forces after the fall of Lisbon in 1147. It is classified as a National Monument, part of the Sintra Cultural Landscape, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • 7. Castelo de Sortelha Sabugal
    The Castle of Sortelha (Portuguese: Castelo de Sortelha is a castle in the civil parish of Sortelha in the municipality of Sabugal in the Portuguese Centro region, classified as a National Monument.
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  • 9. Castelo de Linhares da Beira Linhares
    The 'Castle of Linhares is a medieval castle in the civil parish in Linhares, municipality of Celorico da Beira, in the Portuguese district of Guarda. It is classified as a National Monument. The Castelo de Linhares da Beira was built between the end of the XI Century and the early XII century. It is at an altitude of 820 meters and is Romano Gothic in architectural style. It is contained within two walled stone enclosures. It possesses two towers, the Keep and the Clock Tower, and four gates. The first gate contains a barrel vault; the second a round arch set into the side walls; the third a blunt arch in the wall separating the two enclosures and the fourth gate is known as the Traitors' Gate. The Keep is rectangular in shape and the older of the two towers, built in the XII century and ...
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  • 10. Castelo de S. Jorge Lisbon
    São Jorge Castle is a Moorish castle occupying a commanding hilltop overlooking the historic centre of the Portuguese city of Lisbon and Tagus River. The strongly fortified citadel dates from medieval period of Portuguese history, and is one of the main tourist sites of Lisbon.
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  • 12. Castelo Branco Castelo Branco
    Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco was a Brazilian military leader and politician. He served as the first President of the Brazilian military government after the 1964 military coup d'etat. Castelo Branco was killed in an aircraft collision in July 1967, soon after the end of his Presidency.
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  • 13. Vilar Maior Castle Sabugal
    The Castle of Vilar Maior is a well-preserved medieval castle located in the civil parish of Aldeia da Ribeira, Vilar Maior e Badamalos, in the municipality of Sabugal, Portuguese Guarda.
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  • 15. Castelo de Marialva Marialva
    The Castle of Marialva is a Portuguese castle in Mêda, Guarda. It has been listed as a National monument since 1978.
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