The Walls of Dom Fernando (Portuguese: Muralhas de D. Fernando), or Fernandine Walls (Portuguese: Muralhas Fernandinas), are medieval fortifications located...
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capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small...
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São Jorge Castle (redirect from Castle of Lisbon)
barbican (barbacã), a low wall that prevented siege engines from approaching the main castle walls. The northern and western sides of the castle, on the other...
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and elaborated during the early Gothic epoch of Portuguese architecture. Its area is delineated by walls forming a pentagram, similar to a shield, that...
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hilltop of the castle. A second ring of walls reinforces the castle with both circular and square turrets, thick wall battlements and railings, and crowned...
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acquiring furniture provided by the Fábrica de Móveis Aséta (in Porto), under concession of Paola Luísa Maria Oliva (Luísa Satanela). The trapezoidal castle...
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followed: in 1959, the façade of one section of the wall was repaired; in 1960, with the conclusion of the repairs to the exterior walls, the Direcção da Arma...
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new series of walls. This new period resulted in a great period of development, under the Moorish occupiers, that include the extensive walls in the west...
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Tomar Castle (redirect from Castle of Tomar)
located inside the protective outer walls of the castle. Tomar was besieged for five days during the Almohad campaign of 1190. Portugal in the Middle Ages...
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corresponding to the foundations of other towers and missing wall segments. The Torre do Pião is located outside the walls, in an elevation bordering the...
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