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Interpretation Centre of the History of the Moorish Castle and ‘S. Pedro de Canaferrim’ Church

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It is assumed that the church of 'São Pedro de Canaferrim', one of the most important Romanic chapels, was built in the 2nd half of the twelfth century. Partially rebuilt by D. Fernando II, which gave it the appearance of false ruin. Two chapiters are, today, in the Carmo Archaeological Museum in Lisbon.

In 2015, it was opened here the Interpretation Centre of the History of the Moorish Castle, with some of the pieces discovered nearby, dated from the Neolithic period, 5000 BC, to the Middle Ages, tenth to eleventh century, as well as a model of the Moorish Castle and it’s surroundings, a video about the history of the place and tablets with interactive multimedia information in several languages about the pieces.

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  • It is assumed that the church of 'São Pedro de Canaferrim', one of the most important Romanic chapels, was built in the 2nd half of the twelfth century. Partially rebuilt by D. Fernando II, which gave it the appearance of false ruin. Two chapiters are, today, in the Carmo Archaeological Museum in Lisbon.

    In 2015, it was opened here the Interpretation Centre of the History of the Moorish Castle, with some of the pieces discovered nearby, dated from the Neolithic period, 5000 BC, to the Middle Ages, tenth to eleventh century, as well as a model of the Moorish Castle and it’s surroundings, a video about the history of the place and tablets with interactive multimedia information in several languages about the pieces.

  • Lisboa e Vale do Tejo

  • Sintra

  • Sintra-Cascais Nature Park

  • Yes

  • From:

    - Lisbon take IC19; or

    - Mafra take IC30 or 

    - N9 (A5 / Cascais).

    Then in Sintra's historic center there is vertical signaling to Castelo dos Mouros (3.5 km).

  • Museum or alike

  • Isolated in one of the Sintra hills slopes near the castle.

  • Public

  • Twelfth century

  • Visit the Archaeological Research Camp, with oven structures and silos of the Islamic quarter (tenth and twelfth century) and the Christian ritual of graves (twelfth to fourteenth century), the cistern and the north stable.

    To benefit from a reduction on your visit to several sites, choose the combined tickets.

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2710-405 SINTRA

E-mail: info@parquesdesintra.pt

Telephone: (00351) 219 237 300

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