Castro of Cidadelhe

Castro of Cidadelhe (Castro de Cidadelhe)
Castro
Official name: Castro de Cidadelhe
Country  Portugal
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°W / 41.17861; -7.84444Coordinates: 41°10′43″N 7°50′40″W / 41.17861°N 7.84444°W / 41.17861; -7.84444
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. 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
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