Castro of Cidadelhe

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Castro of Cidadelhe(Castro de Cidadelhe)
Castro
Official name:Castro de Cidadelhe
Country Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Region Norte
Sub-region Douro
District Vila Real
Municipality Mesão Frio
Location Cidadelhe
 - coordinates 41°10′43″N7°50′40″W / 41.17861°N 7.84444°W / 41.17861; -7.84444 Coordinates: 41°10′43″N7°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.

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Castro culture archaeological culture

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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).

Suebi

The Suebi were a large group of Germanic tribes, which included the Marcomanni, Quadi, Hermunduri, Semnones, Lombards and others, sometimes including sub-groups simply referred to as Suebi.

Ordoño II of León King of León

Ordoño II was a king of Galicia from 910, and king of Galicia and León from 914 until his death. He was an energetic and feisty ruler who submitted only the territories of the kingdom of Leon under his control and fought successfully against the Muslims, who still dominated most of the Iberian Peninsula. His reign marked the tactical and smooth transition of the regnum Asturum to the regnum Legionis, with the royal headquarters already established in the city of León.

Portus Cale was an ancient town and port in current-day northern Portugal, in the area of today's Grande Porto. The name of the town eventually influenced the name of the subsequent country Portugal.

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]

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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
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