Point of interest
Torres Vedras Castle
17 locals recommend
Location
Torres Vedras, Lisbon
Tips from locals
On the steep forested slopes north of the city is the castle, which has been in use on and off for almost 2,000 years. The Romans were the first to occupy this site, constructing two cisterns, while the Moors erected the first walls. When the Christians took over in 1148 they pulled these down, but had to build new ones straight away for Moorish attacks, including a mighty siege in 1184. Much later it was brought up to 19th-century standards, as stronghold 27 in the Lines of Torres Vedras, with 11 cannon positions. Each era left its signature on the castle, like the Portão de Armas from the start of the 16th century, which still sports Manuel I’s coast of arms, flanked by two armillary spheres.
On the steep forested slopes north of the city is the castle, which has been in use on and off for almost 2,000 years. The Romans were the first to occupy this site, constructing two cisterns, while the Moors erected the first walls. When the Christians took over in 1148 they pulled these down, bu…
O castelo de Torres Vedras foi conquistado aos muçulmanos por D. Afonso Henriques, em 1148, que doou esta fortificação a D. Fuas Roupinho, cavaleiro que colaborou nas lutas pela reconquista cristã da península e é protagonista da lenda da Nazaré. Nos reinados de D. Dinis, de D. Fernando e também de D. Manuel I, em 1516, o castelo teve obras de reconstrução e melhoria das defesas, uma preocupação que pode estar ligada ao facto de este castelo ter servido de residência a diversos reis.
O castelo de Torres Vedras foi conquistado aos muçulmanos por D. Afonso Henriques, em 1148, que doou esta fortificação a D. Fuas Roupinho, cavaleiro que colaborou nas lutas pela reconquista cristã da península e é protagonista da lenda da Nazaré. Nos reinados de D. Dinis, de D. Fernando e também de…
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