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It is assumed that the first fortified enclosure of Castro Marim should have consisted in a castro from the Neolithic period, lifted on the crown of the hill. Due to the topographic configuration and strategic location of Castro Marim, this place was successively occupied over time by various and distinct populations, among which are the Carthaginians, Vandals and Moors, the latter until the Christian conquest of the town in 1242 . The village grew up within the walls of the old castle until the fourteenth century, when King D. Dinis strengthen the fortification, expanding it with the construction of the 'Muralha de Fora' (oputside wall). Within this new walled enclosure, lie the ruins of the Church of Santiago, primitive matrix of the village, built in the fourteenth century, as well as the churches of Santa Maria and the ancient Church of 'Misericórdia' that by the sixteenth century, when the village began to grow outside the walls, represented the temporal power among the population.

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  • Castro Marim Castle

  • It is assumed that the first fortified enclosure of Castro Marim should have consisted in a castro from the Neolithic period, lifted on the crown of the hill. Due to the topographic configuration and strategic location of Castro Marim, this place was successively occupied over time by various and distinct populations, among which are the Carthaginians, Vandals and Moors, the latter until the Christian conquest of the town in 1242 . The village grew up within the walls of the old castle until the fourteenth century, when King D. Dinis strengthen the fortification, expanding it with the construction of the 'Muralha de Fora' (oputside wall). Within this new walled enclosure, lie the ruins of the Church of Santiago, primitive matrix of the village, built in the fourteenth century, as well as the churches of Santa Maria and the ancient Church of 'Misericórdia' that by the sixteenth century, when the village began to grow outside the walls, represented the temporal power among the population.

  • Algarve

  • Castro Marim

  • Sapal de C. Marim e V. R. Sto. António Nature Reserve

  • NovBaesuris - Empresa municipal de Castro Marim

  • Yes.

  • Access to Castro Marim, ing from Beja: IC27-Coming from Faro by Via do Infante: A22 (exit at Castro Marim) - Coming from Ayamonte (Spain): A22 (exit at Castro Marim) - Coming from Faro by EN125: EN125-6 until Castro Marim- Coming from Vila Real de Santo António - EN122 until Castro Marim

  • Castle

  • Store

    Reception of visitors | information office

    Exhibition | interpretation space of natural and cultural values

    Viewpoint

  • Castelo de Castro Marim

    8950-138 CASTRO MARIM

    Telephone: (00351) 281 510 160

    E-mail: novbaesuris@cm-castromarim.pt

    SITE

  • Gratuita para crianças até aos 7 anos. Dos 8 aos 18 e maiores de 65 anos – 0,5 € . Dos 19 aos 64 - 1 €

  • Winter Schedule: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m..Summer: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m..

  • Closes on 1 January and 25 December.

  • No

  • Privileged observation point of the entire area of the Nature Reserve (this is the highest altitude point of the estuary, at an elevation of 42 m), namely towards North, East and South.