Castle
Castle of Alcoutim
🇵🇹 Portugal
The Castle of Alcoutim (Portuguese: Castelo de Alcoutim) is a medieval castle in the civil parish of Alcoutim, in the municipality of the same name, in the southeastern Algarve of Portugal. Built in the 13th century, the castle stands in a dominant position on a hill south of the parish seat of Alcoutim on the right bank of the San Marcos River (tributary of the Guadiana River), opposite the territory of Sanlúcar de Guadiana (in Spain).
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Castle of Alcoutim ranks #4,848 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #123 of the 132 mapped in Portugal. See how Portugal compares in the castle statistics.
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