Castle of Castro Laboreiro
The Castle of Castro Laboreiro is a Portuguese castle in civil parish of Castro Laboreiro, in the municipality of Melgaço. It is the ruins of a Romanesque castle with a belt of walls around a central keep with a cistern.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: building in Melgaço, Viana do Castelo District, Portugal
- Also known as: “Castro Laboreiro´s Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pelourinho de Castro Laboreiro and Church of Santa Maria da Visitação (Melgaço).
Pelourinho de Castro Laboreiro
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pelourinho de Castro Laboreiro is situated 1 km north of Castle of Castro Laboreiro.
Church of Santa Maria da Visitação (Melgaço)
Church
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Church of Santa Maria da Visitação (Melgaço) is situated 1 km north of Castle of Castro Laboreiro.
Cascata do Castro Laboreiro
Waterfall
Photo: MariaCartas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cascata do Castro Laboreiro is a waterfall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castro Laboreiro and Ameijoeira.
Castro Laboreiro
Town
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Castro Laboreiro is a village and a former civil parish in the municipality of Melgaço in the Viana do Castelo District, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Castro Laboreiro e Lamas de Mouro.
Ameijoeira
Hamlet
Photo: Estevoaei, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ameijoeira is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km south of Castle of Castro Laboreiro.
Lamas de Mouro
Village
Lamas de Mouro is a former civil parish in the municipality of Melgaço in the Viana do Castelo District, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Castro Laboreiro e Lamas de Mouro. Lamas de Mouro is situated 4½ km northwest of Castle of Castro Laboreiro.
Castle of Castro Laboreiro
- Categories: castle, cultural heritage, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Castro Laboreiro e Lamas de Mouro, Melgaço Municipality, Viana do Castelo District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
42.02275° or 42° 1′ 22″ northLongitude
-8.1584° or 8° 9′ 30″ westElevation
1,004 metres (3,294 feet)Open location code
8CJH2RFR+3JOpenStreetMap ID
way 187415242OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
7117012Wikidata ID
Q5050787
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In Other Languages
From French to Uzbek—“Castle of Castro Laboreiro” goes by many names.
- French: “château de Castro Laboreiro”
- French: “Château de Castro Laboreiro”
- Galician: “castelo de Castro Laboreiro”
- Galician: “Castelo de Castro Laboreiro”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de castro laboredo”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Castro Laboredo”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de castro laboreiro”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Castro Laboreiro”
- Russian: “Замок Каштру-Лаборейру”
- Uzbek: “Kashtru-Laboreyru qal’asi”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Castle of Castro Laboreiro”. Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.