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  • Castle of Campo Maior
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  • The Castle of Campo Maior () is a medieval military fortification, in the civil parish of São João Bapista, municipality of Campo Maior, part of a first line of defense in the Portuguese Alentejo, oriented towards Spain, in conjunction with the military forts of Ouguela, Elvas, Olivença and Juromenha. It is a walled bulwark of the modern era, highlighted by a Renaissance-era window in the northern tower of the castle. It has been listed as a National monument since 1911.
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  • 4
free1 type
  • Operator
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free5 type
  • Winter
visitation date
  • --01-01
lat s
  • 39.800000
Category
author type
  • Architects
length orientation
  • Northwest-Southeast
free
established type
  • Origin
map caption
  • Location of the fort within the municipality of Campo Maior
free type
  • Management
established1 type
  • Initiated
Name
  • Castle of Campo Maior
state type
  • Region
District
access
  • Estrada Nacional E.N.371, I.P. 373
Region
lat d
  • 39
native category
  • Fortaleza
Author
  • Carlos Lassart
  • Diogo Lopes de Sepúlveda
  • João Pascácio Cosmander
  • Luís Serrão Pimentel
  • Manuel de Azevedo Fortes
  • Nicolau de Langres
  • Rossetti Architects
Image caption
  • An emblematic image of the Castle and the small houses around its hilltop flanks
Municipality
long d
  • 7
Established
  • c. 1230
  • c. 1310
Image size
  • 235
Material
State
etymology type
  • Named for
long EW
  • W
width orientation
  • Southwest-Northeast
native name
  • Castelo de Campo Maior
Style
visitation
  • Closed
established2 type
  • Completion
lat NS
  • N
Official Name
  • Castelo de Campo Maior/Fortificações de Campo Maior
free2 type
  • Status
free4 type
  • Summer
lat m
  • 0
commons
  • Castelo de Campo Maior
long s
  • 19.370000
etymology
free3 type
  • Listing
region type
  • Subregion
Owner
  • Portuguese Republic
Elevation
  • 275
public
  • Public
Location
abstract
  • The Castle of Campo Maior () is a medieval military fortification, in the civil parish of São João Bapista, municipality of Campo Maior, part of a first line of defense in the Portuguese Alentejo, oriented towards Spain, in conjunction with the military forts of Ouguela, Elvas, Olivença and Juromenha. It is a walled bulwark of the modern era, highlighted by a Renaissance-era window in the northern tower of the castle. It has been listed as a National monument since 1911.