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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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long m
  • 23
free1 type
  • Operator
Length
  • 155.830000
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visitation date
  • --01-01
lat s
  • 32.640000
Category
author type
  • Architects
length orientation
  • Southwest-Northeast
free
established type
  • Initiated
free type
  • Management
established1 type
  • Constructed
Name
  • Castle of the Moors
state type
  • Region
District
access
  • Rampa da Pena, São Pedro de Sintra or Abelheira, in the Sintra Mountains
Region
lat d
  • 38
native category
  • Castelo
Width
  • 152.980000
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
long d
  • 9
Established
  • 8
  • 9
Image size
  • 235
map locator y
  • 85
Material
  • Granite
  • Limestone with "mixtum vittatum"
State
etymology type
  • Named for
long EW
  • W
width orientation
  • Northwest-Southeast
native name
  • Castelo dos Mouros
map locator x
  • 34
Style
  • Medieval
visitation
  • Closed
established2 type
  • Completed
lat NS
  • N
Official Name
  • Castelo dos Mouros
free2 type
  • Hours
Website
free4 type
  • Listing
lat m
  • 47
commons
  • Castelo dos Mouros
long s
  • 21.750000
etymology
  • the Moors that built and defended the castle during the Reconquista
free3 type
  • Status
region type
  • Subregion
Owner
  • Portuguese Republic
Elevation
  • 420
public
  • 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.