Castle of Almourol
The Castle of Almourol is a medieval castle atop the islet of Almourol in the middle of the Tagus River, located in the civil parish of Praia do Ribatejo, 4 kilometres from the municipal seat of Vila Nova da Barquinha, in Portugal's Oeste e Vale do Tejo region.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Almourol and Almourol Train Station.
Almourol
Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Almourol is an islet in the Tagus river, in the Portuguese civil parish of Praia do Ribatejo, Oeste e Vale do Tejo region. The small island lies in the middle of the Tagus, a few kilometres below its confluence with the Zêzere River. Almourol is situated 130 metres west of Castle of Almourol.
Almourol Train Station
Railway station
Photo: Antero Pires, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Almourol Train Station is a railway station, which is situated 1 km east of Castle of Almourol.
Tancos Halt
Railway stop
Photo: Tagido, Public domain.
Tancos Halt is a railway stop, which is situated 1 km west of Castle of Almourol.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tancos and Arripiado.
Tancos
Village
Photo: Tagido, Public domain.
Tancos is a Portuguese freguesia, located in the municipality of Vila Nova da Barquinha. The population in 2011 was 243, in an area of 2.04 km2. Tancos parish is the location of an important military area that includes the Tancos Military Air Field, the Parachute Troops School and a military engineering unit.
Arripiado
Hamlet
Arripiado is a village in the Parish of Carregueira in the northern county of Chamusca near the southern bank of the River Tagus in Portugal. It is in this town that the wetland of Ribatejana begins.
Freguesia de Vila Nova da Barquinha
Town
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Freguesia de Vila Nova da Barquinha is a town, which is situated 4 km west of Castle of Almourol.
Castle of Almourol
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Portugal
- Categories: cultural heritage, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Praia do Ribatejo, Vila Nova da Barquinha Municipality, Santarém District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Uzbek—“Castle of Almourol” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ալմոուրոլ դղյակ”
- Catalan: “castell d’Almourol”
- Catalan: “Castell d’Almourol”
- Chinese: “阿爾莫羅城堡”
- Czech: “Almourol”
- Czech: “hrad Almourol”
- Dutch: “Castle of Almourol”
- French: “Chateau d’Almourol”
- French: “château d’Almourol”
- French: “Château d’Almourol”
- Galician: “Castelo de Almourol”
- German: “Burg von Almourol”
- Hebrew: “מצודת אלמורול”
- Hungarian: “Almouroli vár”
- Italian: “castello di Almourol”
- Italian: “Castello di Almourol”
- Malay: “Istana Almourol”
- Portuguese: “Almourol”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de almorol”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Almourol”
- Russian: “Алмоурол”
- Russian: “Замок Алмоурол”
- Russian: “Замок Альмурол”
- Serbian: “Zamak Almurol”
- Serbian: “Замак Алмурол”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Almourol”
- Turkish: “Almourol Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Алмоурол”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Алмоурол”
- Uzbek: “Almaurol qal’asi”
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