Moorish Castle

When King Ferdinand II bought the land the monastery & church was located on he also acquired the neighboring land where this Moorish castle (fort) dating from the 9th century was located.

Sintra - The City of Palaces

June 25th 2013
As promised much earlier we finally are getting the blog posting up from our side trip to Sintra when we were in Lisbon back in November 2012. Hard to believe it was that long ago, but in order to complete our journal for ourselves, we did want to be sure to include it- as they say, better late than never! For much of the summer Lisbon is a very hot and humid place. It was also the home of the ... read more

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more

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