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Castelo de Vide
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On foot · 2–3 hours

Guide to the Walls & Fortifications

Medieval wall, Restoration-era bastions, and a circuit of roughly 2.5 km around the historic core.

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A stretch of the walls of Castelo de Vide
Photo: Vitor Oliveira — CC BY-SA 2.0 — Wikimedia Commons

Castelo de Vide's defences belong to more than one moment. The medieval wall, partly raised under King Dinis, was later wrapped in bastioned works from 1641 onward during the Restoration War, when military engineers introduced French and English innovations.

The result is a circuit of roughly 2.5 km that can be walked while reading, stretch by stretch, two distinct military logics.

Stops

  1. 1

    Keep and medieval wall

    Raised under King Dinis; partly still visible.

  2. 2

    Restoration bastions

    Bastioned works begun from 1641, with French and English influence.

  3. 3

    The 2.5 km circuit

    A full loop around the historic core.