Castle
Castle of Vila Viçosa
🇵🇹 Portugal
Castle of Vila Viçosa (Portuguese: Castelo de Vila Viçosa/Castelo e cerca urbana de Vila Viçosa) is a castle located in the civil parish of Nossa Senhora da Conceição e São Bartolomeu, in the municipality of Vila Viçosa, in the Portuguese Alentejo. It was the seat of House of Braganza, prior to the construction of the Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa.
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Castle of Vila Viçosa ranks #3,261 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #58 of the 82 mapped in Portugal. See how Portugal compares in the castle statistics.
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