Castelo de Elvas

Portalegre · Portugal

Castelo de Elvas, Portugal
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A Moorish-origin castle crowning the fortified frontier city of Elvas, later ringed by vast star-shaped bastions facing Spain. Its keep and walls anchor one of Europe's largest bulwarked defensive systems.

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