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Castle of Carrazeda (ruins)
🇵🇹 Portugal
The Castle of Carrazeda de Ansiães (Portuguese: Castelo de Carrazeda de Ansiães), normally shortened to Castle of Ansiães, is a medieval castle in the civil parish of Lavandeira, municipality of Carrazeda de Ansiães of Portugal.
The castle ruins, whose structure is easy to reconstitute, includes a few peculiarities, such as small Traitors' Gate alongside the keep tower, and remnants of barbicans along the walls, in addition to examples of primitive cisterns in relative good state (although obstructed). The Castle of Ansiães and that of Vila Flor complement each other: both implanted in a protected zone, on small plateaus between cordillera and three peaks.
Text adapted from “Castle of Carrazeda de Ansiães” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castle of Carrazeda (ruins) ranks #6,610 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #145 of the 205 mapped in Portugal. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Vila Real, 38 km away. See how Portugal compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Castle of Carrazeda (ruins)?
Castle of Carrazeda (ruins) stands in Portugal, at 41.20288°, -7.30546°.
How famous is Castle of Carrazeda (ruins)?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #6,610 of 8,134 worldwide, and #145 in Portugal. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Castle of Carrazeda (ruins)?
Castle of Numão, about 12 km away.
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