São Jorge Castle is a Moorish castle occupying a commanding hilltop overlooking the historic centre of the Portuguese city o ...
Belém Tower is a UNESCO World Heritage Site (along with the nearby Jerónimos Monastery) because of the significant role it ...
The Castle of the Moors is a hilltop medieval castle built by the Moors in the 8th and 9th centuries. It was an important str ...
Castle of Braga is a historical fortification and defensive line encircling the city of Braga. While, in fact, the only rema ...
The Castle of Guimarães was built under the orders of Mumadona Dias in the 10th century to defend the monastery from attacks ...
The Castle of Monsanto site was likely the location of fortified settlement during prehistory. Legend suggests that during th ...
The Fortress San João Baptista da Foz do Douro was built in the late sixteenth century to better protect the coast and the m ...
The Castle of Vila Nova de Cerveira was referred in the early 13th century and it is suggested that the castle was merely a d ...
With medieval characteristics, Caminha castle was built on military foundations of the 4th and 5th centuries. The defences w ...
The Castle of Lindoso is a medieval castle in the civil parish of Lindoso, municipality of Ponte da Barca. Little is known of ...
As the main defense of the crossing of the Alto Minho river to Galicia, The Castle of Melgaço constitutes the most northern ...
Located next to the sea, it is believed that the first fortification sited on the bar of the River Lima estuary dates from th ...
The Fort of Lagarteira (Forte de Âncora/Forte da Lagarteira) was probably constructed between 1640 and 1668, during the Rest ...
The Castle of Castro Laboreiro (Castelo de Castro Laboreiro) is located in the civil parish of Castro Laboreiro, in the munic ...
The Castle of Lanhoso is located in civil parish of Póvoa de Lanhoso. The site on top of the mount had been occupied since ...
The Castle of Monção was built by King Denis of Portugal in 1306 and it was enlarged in 1656. From the original castle, th ...
The Torre of Lapela is a ruined medieval castle located next to the Minho River in the town of Lapela, in Monção municipali ...
The Castle of Arnóia is a medieval castle in civil parish of Arnóia, municipality of Celorico de Basto, the district of Bra ...
The Curutelo Castle is a well-preserved medieval castle located in the civil parish of Ardegão, in the municipality of Ponte ...
The site of Faria castle has been occupied by a long human presence beginning in the 3rd or 2nd millennium BCE. There are ves ...