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Castelo de Óbidos

Castelo de Óbidos
Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
39.3633°N, 9.1569°WOPEN YEAR-ROUND

The walled hilltop castle-town north of Lisbon, taken from the Moors in 1148 and later given as a wedding gift by King Denis to Queen Isabella — a tradition that made Óbidos the 'Town of Queens' for centuries after.

Art & CultureAttractionsMedieval (500–1500)