Castle
Castle of Ouguela
🇵🇹 Portugal
The Castle of Ouguela (Portuguese: Castelo de Ouguela) is a medieval castle erected in the civil parish of São João Baptista, municipality of Campo Maior, in the Portuguese district of Portalegre.
It is classified by IGESPAR as a Site of Public Interest.
Built on an escarpment, the castle dominates the village on the left bank of Abrilongo riverside, near its confluence with the Xévora river. Rebuilt by King Dinis (1279–1325), the castle received bulwark walls during the reign of King John IV (1640–1656). Its walls resembled the Spanish fortification of Alburquerque. It currently is a member of the Tourism-Promotion Plains Area.
Text adapted from “Castle of Ouguela” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castle of Ouguela ranks #4,351 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #115 of the 132 mapped in Portugal. See how Portugal compares in the castle statistics.
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