Castle
Castle of Campo Maior
🇵🇹 Portugal · 14th century
The Castle of Campo Maior (Portuguese: Castelo de 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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Castle of Campo Maior ranks #3,073 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #45 of the 82 mapped in Portugal. Founded 1310, it is older than 64% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 220 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. See how Portugal compares in the castle statistics.
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