Castle of Vila Viçosa
Castle of Vila Viçosa (Castelo de Vila Viçosa) | |
castle (Castelo) | |
View of one of the entrances of the Castle of Vila Viçosa | |
Official name: Castelo de Vila Viçosa/Castelo e cerca urbana de Vila Viçosa | |
Name origin: Vila Viçosa | |
Country | |
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Region | Alentejo |
Subregion | Alentejo Central |
District | Évora |
Municipality | Vila Viçosa Municipality |
Location | Nossa Senhora da Conceição e São Bartolomeu |
- elevation | 400 m (1,312 ft) |
- coordinates | 38°46′48.98″N 7°24′54.25″W / 38.7802722°N 7.4150694°WCoordinates: 38°46′48.98″N 7°24′54.25″W / 38.7802722°N 7.4150694°W |
Architects | D. António Ortiz, Benedetto da Ravenna, Francisco de Arruda, Diogo Arruda, João Pascácio Cosmander |
Style | Gothic Manueline |
Materials | Shale, Marble, Iron, Wood, Ceramic tile |
Origin | 14th Century |
- Expanded | 1520 |
- Completion | 1537 |
Owner | Portuguese Republic |
For public | Public |
Visitation | Closed (Mondays and on 1 January, Easter Sunday, 1 May and 25 December) |
Easiest access | Praça Infante Lacerda, Avenida dos Duques de Bragança, Avenida dos Duques |
Management | Instituto Gestão do Patrimonio Arquitectónico e Arqueológico |
Operator | Fundação da Casa de Bragança |
October to March | Tuesday: 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Wednesday to Friday: 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.; Weekends: 9:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., 2:00–5:00 p.m. |
April to September | Tuesday: 2:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Wednesday to Friday: 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m.; Weekends: 9:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., 2:00–5:30 p.m. |
July to August | Tuesday: 2:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Wednesday to Friday: 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.; Weekends: 9:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., 2:30–6:00 p.m. |
Status | National Monument Monumento Nacional |
Listing | Decreto 16 June 1910, Diário do Governo 136 (23 June 1910); Special Protection Zone (ZEP)/Zona "non aedificandi", Dispatch Diário do Governo, Série 2, 249, 25 October 1960; Group Special Protection Zone (ZEP), Dispatch 527/2011, Diário da República, Série 2, 88, 6 May 2011 |
Wikimedia Commons: Castelo de Vila Viçosa | |
Castle of Vila Viçosa (Portuguese: Castelo de Vila Viçosa/Castelo e cerca urbana de Vila Viçosa) is a castle located in the civil parish of Nossa Senhora da Conceição e São Bartolomeu, in the municipality of Vila Viçosa, in the Portuguese Alentejo. It was the seat of House of Braganza, prior to the construction of the Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa.
External links
- "Castelo de Vila Viçosa". Pesquisa de Património. IGESPAR. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- "Castelo de Vila Viçosa; Portugal, Évora, Vila Viçosa, Conceição". SIPA. Ministério da Agricultura, do Mar, do Ambiente e do Ordenamento do Território. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
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