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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. Taken by Christian forces from the Moors after the fall of Lisbon, it was an important strategic point during the Reconquista, and classified as a National Monument, part of the Sintra Cultural Landscape, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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  • Castle of the Moors
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  • 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. Taken by Christian forces from the Moors after the fall of Lisbon, it was an important strategic point during the Reconquista, and classified as a National Monument, part of the Sintra Cultural Landscape, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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visitation date
  • --01-01
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  • 32(xsd:double)
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  • Architects
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  • Southwest-Northeast
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established type
  • Initiated
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  • Management
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  • Constructed
Name
  • Castle of the Moors
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  • Region
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  • Rampa da Pena, São Pedro de Sintra or Abelheira, in the Sintra Mountains
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  • 38(xsd:integer)
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  • Castelo
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  • 152(xsd:double)
Author
Image caption
  • The north-facing wall of the Castle of the Moors, perched on top of the Sintra Mountains, showing the rectangular towers, including the Royal Tower
Municipality
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  • 9(xsd:integer)
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  • 235(xsd:integer)
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  • 85(xsd:integer)
Material
  • Granite
  • Limestone with "mixtum vittatum"
State
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  • Named for
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  • W
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  • Northwest-Southeast
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  • Castelo dos Mouros
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  • 34(xsd:integer)
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  • Medieval
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  • Closed
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  • Completed
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  • N
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  • Castelo dos Mouros
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  • Hours
Website
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  • Listing
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  • Castelo dos Mouros
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  • 21(xsd:double)
etymology
  • the Moors that built and defended the castle during the Reconquista
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  • Status
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  • Subregion
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  • Portuguese Republic
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  • 420(xsd:integer)
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  • Public
Location
abstract
  • 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. Taken by Christian forces from the Moors after the fall of Lisbon, it was an important strategic point during the Reconquista, and classified as a National Monument, part of the Sintra Cultural Landscape, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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