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    Alcácer do Sal (European Portuguese pronunciation: [alˈkasɛɾ ðu ˈsal] ) is a municipality in Portugal, located in Setúbal District. The population in 2011...
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    Castle of Alcácer do Sal (Portuguese: Castelo de Alcácer do Sal) is a medieval castle located in the civil parish of Alcácer do Sal (Santa Maria do Castelo...
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    The siege of Alcácer do Sal lasted from 30 July to 18 October 1217. The well fortified city of Alcácer do Sal was a frontier outpost of the Almohad Caliphate...
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    In 1191, the Almohads besieged the city of Alcácer do Sal which the Portuguese held. The siege was part of the Almohad campaign against Portugal in 1191...
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    during the Battle of Alcácer Quibir. The following Portuguese dynastic crisis opened the way for sixty years of Spanish rule and the castle was converted...
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    The Castle of Almourol is a medieval castle atop the islet of Almourol in the middle of the Tagus River, located in the civil parish of Praia do Ribatejo...
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    Romanticist castle in São Pedro de Penaferrim, in the municipality of Sintra, on the Portuguese Riviera. The castle stands on the top of a hill in the...
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    Quinta do Relógio, Pena, Monserrate and Seteais palaces, it is considered one of the principal tourist attractions of Sintra. The property consists of a Romantic...
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    The Castle of Guimarães (Portuguese: Castelo de Guimarães) is the principal medieval castle in the municipality Guimarães, in the northern region of Portugal...
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    The Castle of the Moors (Portuguese: Castelo dos Mouros) is a hilltop medieval castle located in the central Portuguese civil parish of Santa Maria e...
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    The Castle of Salir (Portuguese: Castelo de Salir) is an Almohad fortress, located in the civil parish of the same name (Salir (Loulé)), 16 kilometres...
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    Belém Tower (redirect from Tower of Belém)
    and the fortress was named the Castle of St Vincent (Castelo de São Vicente de Belém), in honour of the patron saint of Lisbon. In 1571, Francisco de Holanda...
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    (Portuguese: Elevador do Carmo, [elɨvɐˈðoɾ ðu ˈkaɾmu]), is an elevator, or lift, in the civil parish of Santa Maria Maior, in the historic center of Lisbon, Portugal...
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    Estação Elevatória e Reservatório do Pragal. It is accessible from Lisbon by car (over the 25 de Abril Bridge east of the crossing), by train through station...
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    The Convent of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Portuguese: Convento da Ordem do Carmo) is a former Catholic convent located in the civil parish of Santa Maria...
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    century onwards, Praça do Comércio became the seat of some of the most important Portuguese state departments, including the Ministries of Finances, Internal...
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    Portugal in the Reconquista (category Medieval history of Portugal)
    Christian host and fleet departed from Lisbon to Alcácer do Sal in the last days of June 1217. Alcácer do Sal was surrounded and attacked using mines, battering...
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    and actions of so many Western leaders and governments, with the exception in particular of Ireland’s government, who for once are doing the right thing"...
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    anniversary of the discovery by Vasco da Gama of the sea route from Europe to India. Along with the 25 de Abril Bridge, the Vasco da Gama is one of two bridges...
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    The Castle of Silves is a castle in the civil parish of Silves in the municipality of Silves in the Portuguese Algarve. It's believed that the first fortifications...
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    Tomar Castle is a castle in Portugal, where it is classified as a national monument. The Convento de Cristo was built inside its walls. The castle was built...
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    The Castle of Óbidos (Portuguese: Castelo de Óbidos) is a well-preserved medieval castle located in the civil parish of Santa Maria, São Pedro e Sobral...
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    Lisbon Baixa (category Districts of Lisbon)
    historic center of Lisbon, Portugal. It consists of the grid of streets north of the Praça do Comércio, roughly between the Cais do Sodré and the Alfama...
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    Alfama (category Districts of Lisbon)
    neighborhood of Lisbon, spreading on the slope between the São Jorge Castle and the Tagus river. The district includes the freguesias (parishes) of São Miguel...
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    bridges and caves and take full advantage of the views offered, including the centre of Sintra and the Castle of the Moors. With access to plentiful water...
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    and where the monks of the military-religious Order of Christ provided assistance to seafarers in transit. The harbour of Praia do Restelo was an advantageous...
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    Portuguese). Diário de Notícias. Retrieved 13 December 2021. "Vestígios da mesquita do século XII descoberta na Sé de Lisboa vão ser preservados" (in European Portuguese)...
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    Rossio (redirect from Praça do Rossio)
    and 14th centuries, when the population of the city expanded to the lower area surrounding the Lisbon Castle hill. The name "rossio" is roughly equivalent...
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    (2024-05-15). "Novo Aeroporto, Terceira Travessia do Tejo e ligação ferroviária a Madrid: as três decisões do Governo". LPP / Lisbon For People (in European...
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