Castelo de Montemor-o-Novo - Castles on Waymarking.com

The castle of Montemor-o-Novo is the original enclosure of the medieval Town of Montemor-o-Novo. It was conquered to the Moors by Kign Afonso I and King Sancho I conceded it the 1st Foral in 1203. The wall should have been reconstructed in King Dinis’s reign. In the 13th and 14th centuries it administrated all the urban parishes with its seat inside the castle. St. Maria do Bispo, St. Maria da Vila , St. João and St. Tiago.
Gradually abandoned by the population from the 15th century on, the Castle preserves today important testimonies of the medieval and modern history of Montemor-o-Novo: fragments of the wall, the Alcaides Palace, the churches of St. Tiago, St. João and St. Maria do Bispo , the Clock Tower, the Town Door, The Angel Door and Tower and also the Má Hora Tower, the Convent of Saudação among others

Accessibility: Full access Condition: Partly ruined Admission Charge?: no Website: [Web Link]

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Date Logged Log User Rating   02/14/2015 AlexCatarina visited it 12/31/2011 RuiJSDuarte visited it 10/10/2011 Daniel C visited it 04/19/2011 Paisagista visited it 02/28/2011 araujodasilva visited it 02/06/2011 MightyReek visited it 04/30/2010 Paisagista visited it 08/30/2009 viperunderground visited it 08/30/2009 viperunderground visited it 08/20/2009 isioux visited it 06/13/2009 h_raky visited it 09/13/2008 Kelux visited it 01/02/2008 Torgut visited it

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