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São Jorge Castle (Portuguese: Castelo de São Jorge; Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐʃˈtɛlu dɨ sɐ̃w̃ ˈʒɔɾʒɨ]), sometimes known in English as Saint George's Castle, is a historic castle in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, located in the freguesia of Santa Maria Maior.
St. George Castle Elmina Castle in the Blaeu-Van der Hem Atlas (1660s).. Elmina Castle was erected by the Portuguese in 1482 as Castelo de São Jorge da Mina (St. George of the Mine Castle), also known as Castelo da Mina or simply Mina (or Feitoria da Mina), in present-day Elmina, Ghana, formerly the Gold Coast.
The construction of the Fort São Jorge da Mina began on 21 January 1482. [12] The Portuguese built a rectangular fortress with towers at every corner on the elevated eastern end of the peninsula and called it Castelo de São Jorge da Mina, the fortress of St. George of Mina, now known as Elmina Castle.
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Elmina Castle, the Castelo de São Jorge da Mina ('Castle of St. George of the Mine'), Elmina, Ghana Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title St George's Castle .
A statue that commemorates the historical Battle of Valdevez The Municipal City Hall in Arcos de Valdevez, showing the ornate nineteenth-century façade. The first settlements in the area of Arcos de Valdevez occurred between the fifth and third millennium B.C., verified by archaeological investigations from many of the funerary mounds within the municipality, such as Núcleo Megalítico do Mezio.
View of the Castle of San Jorge, the Puente de Barcas and the Torre del Oro, in 1770. The Castle of San Jorge was a medieval fortress built on the west bank of the Guadalquivir river in the Spanish city of Seville . It was also used as headquarters and prison for the Spanish Inquisition. It was demolished in the 19th century and made into a ...
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