Castelo de Beja
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member MightyReek
N 38° 01.039 W 007° 51.900
29S E 599628 N 4208344
Place mentioned in cent II b.C. scripts. Probably fortified between century III and IV, stage and bastion of multiple battles. Owns the highest Keep in the country.
Waymark Code: WMA6YD
Location: Beja, Portugal
Date Posted: 11/25/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Blue Man
Views: 17

Numa combinação de estilos românico, gótico, manuelino e maneirista, o monumento apresenta planta no formato pentagonal. Sem talude, a muralha, coroada por merlões prismáticos, possui adarve envolvente, estando flanqueada originalmente por quarenta torres (entre as quais a de menagem), rasgada por sete portas e dois postigos, e circundada por barbacãs.

A robusta Torre de Menagem, no estilo gótico, é considerada como um dos mais belos exemplos da arquitectura militar da Idade Média em Portugal. Elevando-se a quarenta metros de altura (a mais alta do país), é constituída por três pavimentos. A torre apresenta balcões angulares sobre matacães, unidos por varandins defendidos por ameias piramidais. É rasgada por portas ogivais e janelas geminadas, em arco de ferradura. As salas em seu interior, ricamente decoradas, apresentam tetos em abóbada em cruzaria de ogivas.

A porta principal do castelo abre-se em arco ogival e acessa a praça de armas. Das primitivas portas restam ainda duas de origem românica: a Porta de Évora, contígua ao castelo; e o arco da Porta de Avis. A Porta de Moura é defendida por dois torreões.


O acesso à Torre de menagem é pago.

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Tradução de Português para Inglês
A combination of Romanesque, Gothic and Mannerist Manueline, the monument presents the plant pentagonal shape. Without slope, the wall, crowned with battlements prismatic features surrounding parapet, being originally flanked by forty towers (including the keep), torn by seven wickets and two doors, and surrounded by barbican.

The sturdy donjon, in the Gothic style, is regarded as one of the finest examples of medieval military architecture in Portugal. Rising to forty feet high (the highest in the country), consists of three floors. The tower presents angled branches of huge stones, joined by balconies pyramidal defended by battlements. It is torn by ogival doors and double windows, arched horseshoe. The rooms inside, richly decorated, feature vaulted ceilings in cross vaults.

The castle's main door opens into the pointed arch and enter the parade ground. Primitives there are still two doors of the Romanesque: the Port of Evora, adjacent to the castle, and the arch of the door of Avis. Porta de Moura is defended by two towers.

The access to the Keep has a fee.

Source: Wikipedia
Accessibility: Partial access

Condition: Partly ruined

Admission Charge?: yes

Website: [Web Link]

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