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A panorama of the entire Castle of São Jorge. The castle is in the centre of Lisbon, on a hill, while many of its walls extend around the citadel into the civil parishes that surround it to the east and south. The map helps tourist find areas of interest in the castle Bridge over the current dry moat
Matrix Church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário, Topo.Built in the 16th century, it is one of the earliest churches on the island of São Jorge. It is unclear when the first explorers discovered the island of São Jorge; as part of the politics of human occupation, the Azores were populated after 1430 (probably 1439) through the initiative of Prince Henry the Navigator. 23 April, known as the feast ...
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).
São Jorge Castle; P. Portuguese Romanesque architecture This page was last edited on 1 January 2025, at 21:56 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
The Alfama (Portuguese pronunciation:) is the oldest neighborhood of Lisbon, spreading on the slope between the São Jorge Castle and the Tagus river. The district includes the freguesias (parishes) of São Miguel, Santo Estêvão, São Vicente de Fora and part of the two streets, "Freguesia da Sé: Rua do Barão" and "Rua São João da Praça".
São Jorge da Beira, a civil parish in the municipality of Covilhã; São Jorge do Selho, a civil parish in the municipality of Guimarães; São Jorge de Vizela, a civil parish within the city of Vizela; In the Azores: São Jorge Island, an island in the Central Group; In Madeira: Arco de São Jorge, a civil parish in the municipality of ...
View of the Castle of San Jorge, the Puente de Barcas and the Torre del Oro, in 1770. The Castle of San Jorge was a medieval fortress built on the west bank of the Guadalquivir river in the Spanish city of Seville . It was also used as headquarters and prison for the Spanish Inquisition. It was demolished in the 19th century and made into a ...
Elmina Castle, the Castelo de São Jorge da Mina ('Castle of St. George of the Mine'), Elmina, Ghana Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title St George's Castle .