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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 #6,774 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #153 of the 205 mapped in Portugal. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Évora, 94 km away. It is one of the 48 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Alentejo. See how Portugal compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Castle of Ouguela?
Castle of Ouguela stands in Portugal, at 39.07889°, -7.03167°.
How famous is Castle of Ouguela?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #6,774 of 8,134 worldwide, and #153 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 Ouguela?
Castle of Campo Maior, about 8 km away.
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