Castle of São Jorge

São Jorge Castle, sometimes known in English as Saint George's Castle, is a historic castle in the capital of , located in the freguesia of Santa Maria Maior.
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—8:00 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Moorish castle in Lisbon, Portugal
  • Also known as: “Castle of Saint George”, “Paço da Alcáçova”, “Paço de São Jorge”, “São Jorge Castle”, and “St. George’s Castle”
  • Address: Rua de Santa Cruz do Castelo

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Santa Justa Lift and Rossio Square.

Photo: Maria Eklind, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The , also called Carmo Lift, is an elevator, or lift, in the civil parish of , in the historic center of , Portugal. is situated 550 metres west of Castle of São Jorge.

Square
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The King Pedro IV Square, popularly known as Rossio, is a square in the Pombaline Downtown of , Portugal. It has been one of its main squares since the Middle Ages. is situated 510 metres west of Castle of São Jorge.

Square
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The is a large square in the centre of , in . It is part of the , the area of the city reurbanised after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. is situated 370 metres west of Castle of São Jorge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baixa and Alfama.

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is a district in , . The has many squares and monuments, offering numerous photo opportunities. The area suffered devastating destruction in the Great Earthquake on All Saints' Day, 1 November 1755.

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The is the oldest neighborhood of , spreading on the slope between the São Jorge Castle and the Tagus river. The district includes the freguesias of São Miguel, Santo Estêvão, São Vicente de Fora and part of the two streets, "Freguesia da Sé: Rua do Barão" and "Rua São João da Praça".

Suburb
is a former parish in the municipality of , Portugal. At the administrative reorganization of Lisbon on 8 December 2012 it became part of the parish São Vicente.

Castle of São Jorge

Latitude
38.71393° or 38° 42′ 50″ north
Longitude
-9.1335° or 9° 8′ 1″ west
Elevation
90 metres (295 feet)
Open location code
8CCGPV78+HJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1382432568
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6946686
Wiki­data ID
Q636780
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Vietnamese—“Castle of São Jorge” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “San Jurgi gaztelua”
  • Belarusian: “Замак Святога Георгія”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Sant Jordi de Lisboa”
  • Chinese: “圣若热城堡”
  • Chinese: “聖喬治城堡”
  • Czech: “Hrad svatého Jiří”
  • Danish: “Castelo de São Jorge”
  • Dutch: “Castelo de Sao Jorge”
  • Dutch: “Castelo de São Jorge”
  • Finnish: “Castelo de São Jorge”
  • French: “château de Saint-Georges”
  • French: “Château de Saint-Georges”
  • French: “Château Saint-Georges”
  • Galician: “Castelo de San Xurxo de Lisboa”
  • German: “Castelo de São Jorge”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο Αγίου Γεωργίου”
  • Hebrew: “טירת סאו ז’ורז’ה”
  • Hebrew: “טירת סאו זורזה”
  • Indonesian: “Kastel São Jorge”
  • Indonesian: “Kastil São Jorge”
  • Italian: “Castello di San Giorgio”
  • Italian: “castello di São Jorge”
  • Italian: “Castello di São Jorge”
  • Japanese: “Castelo de São Jorge”
  • Japanese: “サン・ジョルジェ城”
  • Korean: “상 조르즈 성”
  • Korean: “상조르즈 성”
  • Korean: “상조르즈성”
  • Lithuanian: “Šv. Jurgio pilis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Castelo de São Jorge”
  • Persian: “قلعه سائو جورج”
  • Polish: “Zamek św. Jerzego w Lizbonie”
  • Polish: “Zamek Świętego Jerzego w Lizbonie”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Sao Jorge”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de São Jorge”
  • Russian: “Замок Святого Георгия”
  • Russian: “Монумент Святого Георгия”
  • Slovenian: “Grad São Jorge”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de San Jorge de Lisboa”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de San Jorge”
  • Swedish: “Castelo de São Jorge”
  • Turkish: “São Jorge Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок святого георгія”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок святого Георгія”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок Святого Георгія”
  • Vietnamese: “Lâu đài São Jorge”

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