Castelo Rodrigo
October 16th 2022 Castelo Rodrigo is both a mountaintop fortified village and a ruined medieval castle. The mountain upon which it sits is just over the border from Spain, thus the castle has been much contested between the two countries over the centuries. The castle was established around 1209 by Alfonso IX of Léon, a Spaniard, but was granted to Portugal in 1297. By then a town had grown up around the castle. I
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