Tiigra: Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish castle), Sintra. Ramparts and towers are still standing from the castle, which was originally built in the 8th or 9th C. by the moors, recaptured in 1147 by Afonso Henriques and subsequently much altered.
Tiigra: Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish castle), Sintra
Tiigra: Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish castle), Sintra. The outer wall, with its short, narrow entrance and battlements.
Tiigra: Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish castle), Sintra
Tiigra: Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish castle), Sintra
Tiigra: Spires of the Castelo dos Mouros
Tiigra: Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish castle), Sintra
Tiigra: Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish castle), Sintra
Tiigra: Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish castle), Sintra
Tiigra: Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish castle), Sintra. The fortress walls were built directly on the rocks.
Tiigra: Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish castle), Sintra
Tiigra: Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish castle), Sintra
Tiigra: Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish castle), Sintra
Tiigra: Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish castle), Sintra
Tiigra: Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish castle), Sintra
Tiigra: Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish castle), Sintra
Tiigra: Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish castle), Sintra
Tiigra: Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish castle), Sintra
Tiigra: Quinta da Regaleira is a fake
Tiigra: Sintra, Portugal
Tiigra: Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish castle), Sintra
Tiigra: Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish castle), Sintra
Tiigra: Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish castle), Sintra
Tiigra: Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish castle), Sintra
Tiigra: Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish castle), Sintra
Tiigra: Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish castle), Sintra
Tiigra: Will the sun cooperate?
Tiigra: Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish castle), Sintra
Tiigra: Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish castle), Sintra
Tiigra: Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish castle), Sintra