Castle of Algoso

The Castle of Algoso (Portuguese: Castelo de Algoso) (Mirandese: Castielho d’Algoso) is a medieval castle in the civil parish of Algoso, Campo de Víboras e Uva, municipality of Vimioso, in the Portuguese district of Bragança. The castle of Algoso is one of the most important medieval fortifications in the eastern Trás-os-montes, related with the battles of Leonese succession, the tentative policies of the independent Portuguese monarch and the important religious commandery of the Knights Hospitaller that established their roots in 1224.

The castles of Bragança, Outeiro (Bragança), Castle of Algoso and Castle of Miranda do Douro, supported by the small fortresses of Vimioso and Penas Roias, formed the northwest defensive line of the Kingdom of Portugal with the Kingdom of León, which in 1493 the king John II of Portugal called the “corregimento das fortresses of Trallos Montes”.

In a dominant position over the top of Penenciada, it dominates the surrounding plain and the confluence of the Angueira and the Maçãs rivers. In the region of North Region, Portugal, from the top of its walls you can see Serra da Sanábria, Serra de Bornes and of Serra da Nogueira. It has a 360 degree view of the Mirandese platea, located at an altitude of 690 meters, next to the Angueira river.

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Castle of Algoso ranks #6,386 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #128 of the 205 mapped in Portugal. Founded 1224, it is older than 75% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 861 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Vila Real, 99 km away. See how Portugal compares in the castle statistics.

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