Castle of Mertola
The Castle of Mértola is a well-preserved medieval castle located in the civil parish and municipality of Mértola, in the Portuguese district of Beja.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: building in Mértola, Beja District, Portugal
- Also known as: “Castelo de Mertola” and “Castle of Mértola”
Photo: Rockysantos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of Nossa Senhora da Anunciação and Archaeological Field of Mértola.
Church of Nossa Senhora da Anunciação
Church
Photo: HugoNissa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of Nossa Senhora da Anunciação is a 12th-century church and former mosque in the civil parish of Mértola in the municipality of Mértola, in the Portuguese Alentejo.
Archaeological Field of Mértola
Archaeological site
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Archaeological Field of Mértola is an archaeological site, which is situated 270 metres south of Castle of Mertola.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mértola.
Mértola
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mértola, officially the Town of Mértola, is a town and municipality in southeastern Portuguese Alentejo near the Spanish border. In 2011, the population was 7,274, in an area of approximately 1,292.87 square kilometres.
Castle of Mertola
- Categories: cultural heritage, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Mértola, Mértola Municipality, Beja District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.63804° or 37° 38′ 17″ northLongitude
-7.66452° or 7° 39′ 52″ westElevation
58 metres (190 feet)Operator
DRCAlentejo, Portaria n.º 829/2009, DR, 2.ª série, n.º 163 de 24 agosto 2009 / Câmara Municipal de Mértola, auto de cessão de 18 de Janeiro de 1941 (terrenos adjacentes)Open location code
8C9JJ8QP+65OpenStreetMap ID
way 297538986OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleGeoNames ID
11837153Wikidata ID
Q5049803
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Castle of Mertola” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Castelo de Mértola”
- French: “Château de Mértola”
- Persian: “قلعه مرتولا”
- Polish: “Zamek w Mértoli”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Mertola”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de mértola”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Mértola”
- Russian: “Замок Мертола”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Mértola”
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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 Mertola”. Photo: miguelvieira, CC BY 2.0.