Marvão
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Marvão as seen from its castle
Idol plaque or 'pedra de raia' type found among grave goods at a dolmen in Marvão (3rd millennium BCE)
Necklace found among grave goods at a dolmen in Marvão (3rd millennium BCE)
Verraco head (Portuguese: berrão) displayed in the Marvão Municipal Museum
Castle of Marvão
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The Castle of Marvão is a well-preserved medieval castle located in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Marvão, in the municipality of Marvão, Portuguese district of Portalegre.
Marvão
…quartzite crag of the Serra de São Mamede, Marvão's name is derived from an 8th-century Muwallad rebel, named Ibn Marwan. Ibn Marwan, who constructed the Castle of Marvão - likely on the site of an earlier Roman watchtower - as a power base when establishing an independent statelet ("emirate", duchy) - covering much of…
A view of the main Castle of Marvão, with keep tower, as seen from the garden alongside the Church
A view towards the west showing the main settlement and residences on the hilltop
The northern part of the castle-town, showing the Church of Santa Maria
The passage to the main gate