Castle of Degebe

Castle of Degebe (Castelo Velho do Degebe)
Castle (Castelo)
Official name: Castelo Velho do Degebe
Named for: Degebe River
Country  Portugal
Region Alentejo
Subregion Alentejo Central
District Évora
Municipality Reguengos de Monsaraz
Location Reguengos de Monsaraz
Style Medieval
Owner Portuguese Republic
For public Private
Easiest access Estrada de Reguengos to the village of Serros. Rural road to the Herdade dos Carneirizes
Management Instituto Gestão do Patrimonio Arquitectónico e Arqueológico
Operator Herdade dos Carneirizes
Status Property of Public Interest
Imóvel de Interesse Público
Listing Decree 41/191; DG, Série 1, 162 (18 July 1957)
Wikimedia Commons: Castelo de Degebe

The Castle of Degebe (Portuguese: Castelo Velho do Debege) is a medieval castle located in the civil parish of Reguengos de Monsaraz, in the municipality of Reguengos de Monsaraz, Portuguese district of Évora.

History

The foundations of the old castle date to an Iron Age settlement.[1]

The location was intensely forested with Eucalyptus by the propertyowner, from information of Dr. António Carlos Silva (12 June 1989), from the Serviços Regionais de Arqueologia do Sul (Southern Archaeology Regional Services) of the Instituto Português do Património Cultural (the predecessor of the IGESPAR.[1]

Architecture

The remains of the medieval castle is located in a rural location, in the spur of bedrock and steep slopes at the confluence of the Ribeira da Caridade and the Degebe River, isolated and in harmony with the surrounding environment.[1] It is a vast space defended and encircled by walls natural slope, limited in the west by the Degebe River and in the east by the Ribeira da Caridade, and protected in the north, by a double line of fortifications that transforms into an island.[1] The castle is slightly long, irregular plan oriented north to south.[1]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Branco, Manuel; Nunes, Castro (1994), SIPA, ed., Castelo Velho do Degebeo (IPA.00002749/PT040711040006) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, retrieved 4 June 2016

Sources

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