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Castle of Monforte

Index Castle of Monforte

The Castle of Monforte (Castelo de Monforte), is a medieval castle located in the civil parish of Monforte, in the municipality of Monforte, Portuguese district of Portalegre. [1]

24 relations: Afonso I of Portugal, Afonso III of Portugal, Alentejo, Alto Alentejo (intermunicipal community), Arronches, Castle, Castro culture, Chaves, Portugal, Concelho, Denis of Portugal, Direção-Geral do Património Cultural, Foral, Freguesia, Gothic architecture, House of Braganza, John I of Portugal, John IV of Portugal, Manuel I of Portugal, Middle Ages, Monforte, Portugal, Nuno Álvares Pereira, Portalegre District, Portugal, Reconquista.

Afonso I of Portugal

Afonso IOr also Affonso (Archaic Portuguese-Galician) or Alphonso (Portuguese-Galician) or Alphonsus (Latin version), sometimes rendered in English as Alphonzo or Alphonse, depending on the Spanish or French influence.

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Afonso III of Portugal

Afonso III (rare English alternatives: Alphonzo or Alphonse), or Affonso (Archaic Portuguese), Alfonso or Alphonso (Portuguese-Galician) or Alphonsus (Latin), the Bolognian (Port. o Bolonhês), King of Portugal (5 May 121016 February 1279) was the first to use the title King of Portugal and the Algarve, from 1249.

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Alentejo

The Alentejo is a geographical, historical and cultural region of south-central and southern Portugal.

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Alto Alentejo (intermunicipal community)

The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alto Alentejo (English: High Alentejo) is an administrative division in Portugal.

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Arronches

Arronches is a municipality in Portugal.

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Castle

A castle (from castellum) is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages by predominantly the nobility or royalty and by military orders.

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Castro culture

Castro culture (cultura castrexa, cultura castreja, cultura castriega, cultura castreña) is the archaeological term for the material Celtic culture of the north-western regions of the Iberian Peninsula (present-day northern Portugal together with Galicia, Asturias, Castile and León, Cantabria and Basque Country) from the end of the Bronze Age (c. 9th century BC) until it was subsumed by Roman culture (c. 1st century BC).

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Chaves, Portugal

Chaves is a city and a municipality in the north of Portugal.

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Concelho

Concelho, is the Portuguese-language term for municipality, referring to the territorial division.

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Denis of Portugal

Denis (9 October 1261 – 7 January 1325 in Santarém), called the Farmer King (Rei Lavrador) and the Poet King (Rei Poeta), was King of Portugal and the Algarve.

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Direção-Geral do Património Cultural

The Direção-Geral do Património Cultural (DGPC), formerly Instituto de Gestão do Património Arquitectónico e Arqueológico (IGESPAR) and Instituto Português do Património Arquitectónico (IPPAR), (Directorate-General for Cultural Heritage) is a Directorate-General of Government of Portugal tasked with the conservation, preservation, and inventory of Portuguese architectural heritage.

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Foral

Foral of Castro Verde - Portugal The word foral (plural: forais) is a noun derived from the Portuguese word foro, ultimately from Latin forum, equivalent to Spanish fuero, Galician foro, Catalan fur and Basque foru.

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Freguesia

Freguesia, usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution.

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Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is an architectural style that flourished in Europe during the High and Late Middle Ages.

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House of Braganza

The Most Serene House of Braganza (Sereníssima Casa de Bragança), or the Brigantine Dynasty (Dinastia Brigantina), also known in the Empire of Brazil as the Most August House of Braganza (Augustíssima Casa de Bragança), is a dynasty of emperors, kings, princes, and dukes of Portuguese origin, a branch of the House of Aviz.

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John I of Portugal

John I (João, ʒuˈɐ̃w̃; 11 April 1357 – 14 August 1433) was King of Portugal and the Algarve in 1385–1433.

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John IV of Portugal

John IV (João IV de Portugal,; 19 March 1604 – 6 November 1656) was the King of Portugal and the Algarves from 1640 to his death.

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Manuel I of Portugal

Dom Manuel I (31 May 1469 – 13 December 1521), the Fortunate (Port. o Afortunado), King of Portugal and the Algarves, was the son of Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu, by his wife, the Infanta Beatrice of Portugal.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.

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Monforte, Portugal

Monforte is a municipality in the District of Portalegre in Portugal.

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Nuno Álvares Pereira

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Portalegre District

Portalegre District (Distrito de Portalegre) is located in the east of Portugal.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa),In recognized minority languages of Portugal: Portugal is the oldest state in the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times.

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Reconquista

The Reconquista (Spanish and Portuguese for the "reconquest") is a name used to describe the period in the history of the Iberian Peninsula of about 780 years between the Umayyad conquest of Hispania in 711 and the fall of the Nasrid kingdom of Granada to the expanding Christian kingdoms in 1492.

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Castelo de Monforte (Chaves).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_of_Monforte

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