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São Jorge Castle (Portuguese: Castelo de São Jorge; Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐʃˈtɛlu dɨ sɐ̃w̃ ˈʒɔɾʒɨ]), sometimes known in English as Saint George's Castle, is a historic castle in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, located in the freguesia of Santa Maria Maior.
The abandoned castle was delivered in 1481 to the newly created Inquisition, who used it as a headquarters and prison. Drawing of Seville in 1617. At the bottom left is the Castle of San Jorge. Callejón de la Inquisición (Alley of the Inquisition) seen from the calle Castilla, which was part of the castle.
St George's Castle, or variants, may refer to: Castello di San Giorgio, Mantua , part of the Ducal palace, Mantua, Lombardy, Italy São Jorge Castle , Lisbon, Portugal
The walls of Lisbon are a series of three nested defensive stone-wall complexes built at different times to defend Lisbon.They consist of the São Jorge Castle proper and its walls (the Cidadela or Citadel) the Cerca Moura (or Cerca Velha) (lit. the Moorish Walls), its lateral extension the Muralha de D. Dinis (King Denis's wall), and the Cerca Fernandina (Ferdinand's wall).
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Archaeological excavations made near the Castle of São Jorge (Castelo de São Jorge) and Lisbon Cathedral indicate there may have been a Phoenician presence at this location since 1000 BC, [29] and it can be stated with confidence that a Phoenician trading post stood on a site [36] [37] now the centre of the present city, on the southern slope ...
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San Miguel de Allende (Spanish pronunciation: [san miˈɣel de aˈʎende]) is the principal city in the municipality of San Miguel de Allende, located in the far eastern part of Guanajuato, Mexico. A part of the Bajío region, [ 5 ] the town lies 274 km (170 mi) from Mexico City , 86 km (53 mi) from Querétaro and 97 km (60 mi) from the state ...