Castelo Melhor
Castelo Melhor is a village in Vila Nova de Foz Côa Municipality, Guarda District. Castelo Melhor is situated nearby to the town Almendra, as well as near the hamlet Orgal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: David Perez, CC BY 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Prehistoric Rock-Art Site of Penascosa and Castelo Melhor train station.
Prehistoric Rock-Art Site of Penascosa
Archaeological site
Photo: Henrique Matos, GFDL.
Vila Nova de Foz Côa is a town of 7,300 people in Alto Douro wine region of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, northern Portugal. It principal draw for visitors are the sites of prehistoric rock art scattered through the nearby Côa Valley, and the museum in town that serves as a portal for understanding them. Prehistoric Rock-Art Site of Penascosa is situated 4 km southwest of Castelo Melhor.
Castelo Melhor train station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Castelo Melhor train station is a railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Almendra.
Almendra
Town
Photo: Xuaxo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Almendra is a civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Portugal.
Castelo Melhor
- Type: Village with 168 residents
- Description: civil parish in Vila Nova de Foz Côa
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Vila Nova de Foz Côa Municipality, Guarda District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.0261° or 41° 1′ 34″ northLongitude
-7.0648° or 7° 3′ 53″ westPopulation
168Elevation
454 metres (1,490 feet)Open location code
8CHJ2WGP+C3OpenStreetMap ID
node 1075635966OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8012292Wikidata ID
Q1048970
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Castelo Melhor” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Castelo Melhor”
- Cebuano: “Castelo Melhor”
- Chechen: “Каштелу-Мельор”
- Chinese: “Castelo Melhor”
- Dutch: “Castelo Melhor”
- French: “Castelo Melhor”
- German: “Castelo Melhor”
- Kazakh: “Каштелу-Мельор”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Castelo Melhor”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Melhor”
- Russian: “Каштелу-Мельор”
- Spanish: “Castelo Melhor”
- Tatar: “Каштелу-Мельор”
- Turkish: “Castelo melhor”
- Turkish: “Castelo Melhor”
- “Castelo Melhor”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Junta de Freguesia de Castelo Melhor and Largo do Paula.
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