Castro of Cidadelhe
Castro of Cidadelhe (Castro de Cidadelhe) | |
Castro | |
Official name: Castro de Cidadelhe | |
Country | ![]() |
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Region | Norte |
Sub-region | Douro |
District | Vila Real |
Municipality | Mesão Frio |
Location | Cidadelhe |
- coordinates | 41°10′43″N 7°50′40″W / 41.17861°N 7.84444°WCoordinates: 41°10′43″N 7°50′40″W / 41.17861°N 7.84444°W |
Owner | Portuguese Republic |
For public | Public |
Visitation | Closed (Mondays and on 1 January, Easter Sunday, 1 May and 25 December) |
Easiest access | Estrada Nacional EN108, at the 104 kilometre marker, from Cidadelhe, until the chapel of São Gonçalo |
Management | Instituto Gestão do Patrimonio Arquitectónico e Arqueológico |
Operator | DRCNorte (Portaria 829/2009; DR, Série II, 163, 24 August 2009 |
Status | Property of Public Interest Imóvel de Interesse Público |
Listing | Decree 26-A/92; DR, Série 1B, 126, 1 June 1992; included in the Alto Douro Vinhateiro - Região Demarcada do Douro (v. PT011701040033) |
The Castro of Cidadelhe (Portuguese: Castro de Cidadelhe) is a Portuguese castro in civil parish of Cidadelhe, in the municipality of Mesão Frio.
History
Cidadelhe was a fortified settlement of a proto-historic nature, later occupied by Roman and Medieval residents.[1]
The settlement belonged to a medieval administrative territory conforming to a Suevic parish, with a royal congregation under the order of Ordoño II of León and part of the territory of Portucale (during the second year of his reign, in 911).
Architecture
The castro is located in an isolated rural environment on a hilltop.[1]
Two lines of walls encircle the castle and roadways/paths, composed of schist rock.[1] In the interior of the ruins are several remains of residences, of a circular design, excavated by recent archaeologists.[1]
Archaeological excavations under the direction of A. Coelho, F. da Silva, A. Baptista Lopes and Manuel Tuna, were attempted into two sectors: one elevated zone, defined by the first series of walls; and the second, lower, new the second series walls.[1]
References
- Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 Sereno, Isabel; Teixeira 1993, Ricardo, SIPA, ed., Castro de Cidadelhe (IPA.00003670/PT011704020006) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, archived from the original on 7 November 2013, retrieved 25 August 2013
- Sources
- Silva, Armando Coelho Ferreira da (1986), A Cultura Castreja no Noroeste de Portugal (in Portuguese) (633 ed.), Paços de Ferreira, Portugal, p. 274