| Castle of Algoso | |
|---|---|
Castelo de Algoso | |
| Bragança, Beira Interior Sul, Centro in Portugal | |
 A view of the castle from the pedregulhos of the cliff face that surrounds it | |
| Coordinates | 41°27′41″N 6°34′45″W / 41.461371°N 6.5792879°W |
| Type | Castle |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Portuguese Republic |
| Operator | DRCNorte (by dispatch 829/2009; Diário da República, Série II, 163; 24 August 2009) |
| Open to the public | Public |
| Condition | Ruins |
| Website | http://www.valesdevimioso.pt/tours/centro-de-acolhimento-do-castelo-de-algoso/ |
| Site history | |
| Built | Chalcolthic |
| Built by | Mendo Bofino |
| Materials | Granite, Quartz schist |
| Battles/wars | Treaty of Zamora, Reconquista, Portuguese succession crisis of 1580, Portuguese Restoration War, Seven Years' War |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants | Mendes and Rodrigues de Algoso noble families |
The Castle of Algoso (Portuguese: Castelo de Algoso) is a medieval castle in the civil parish of Algoso, Campo de Víboras e Uva, municipality of Vimioso, in the Portuguese district of Bragança. The castle of Algoso is one of the most important medieval fortifications in the eastern Trás-os-montes, related with the battles of Leonese succession, the tentative policies of the independent Portuguese monarch and the important religious commandery of the Knights Hospitaller that established their roots in 1224.[1][2]
The castles of Bragança, Outeiro (Bragança), Castle of Algoso and Castle of Miranda do Douro, supported by the small fortresses of Vimioso and Penas Roias, formed the northwest defensive line of the Kingdom of Portugal with the Kingdom of León, which in 1493 the king John II of Portugal called the “corregimento das fortresses of Trallos Montes”.
In a dominant position over the top of Penenciada, it dominates the surrounding plain and the confluence of the Angueira and the Maçãs rivers. In the region of North Region, Portugal, from the top of its walls you can see Serra da Sanábria, Serra de Bornes and of Serra da Nogueira. It has a 360 degree view of the Mirandese platea, located at an altitude of 690 meters, next to the Angueira river.
- ^ Castelo de Algoso, IGESPAR – Instituto de Gestão do Património Arquitectónico e Arqueológico (Portuguese Institute of Architectural and Archaeological Heritage), 2015, retrieved 28 March 2016
- ^ Texieira (2004)