Crossing the #moat to enter the castle palace within the #keep

Built in 1270, the #medieval #castle was the seat of the House of Braganza, until the construction of the Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa in 1501.

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Built in 1270, the #medieval #castle was the seat of the House of Braganza, until the construction of the Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa in 1501.

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Castelo de Pombal is a #templar #castle built on site of previous #roman and #moorish fortifications in #pombal #portugal

Current #medieval castle built in 1161 by Gualdim Pais, Master of the Order of the Templars in Portugal

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Castelo de Pombal is a #templar #castle built on site of previous #roman and #moorish fortifications in #pombal #portugal

Current #medieval castle built in 1161 by Gualdim Pais, Master of the Order of the Templars in Portugal

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Malahide Castle began in 1185, when Richard Talbot, a knight who accompanied Henry II to Ireland in 1174, was granted the lands. The oldest parts of the castle date back to the 12th century and it was home to the Talbot family for 791 years until 1976... it fell out of family ownership during the reign of Cromwell.

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#castle of #norman origin and the ancestral home of the St Lawrence family from the Norman Invasion of 1180 until 2019. The oldest part of the current building dates from the 1450s. #howth #ireland

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