Sabugal Castle

The Sabugal Castle is a castle in the city of

Sabugal Sabugal () is a city and a municipality in the District of Guarda, Portugal. A border municipality with Spain, the population of the municipality in 2011 was 12,544, in an area of 822.70 km2. The city proper, located along the Côa river, has ...

, near the Côa river, in central

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

. With a pentagonal outer wall and an inner wall with five square towers, this castle is an example of

Gothic architecture in Portugal Portuguese Gothic architecture is the architectural style prevalent in Portugal in the Late Middle Ages. As in other parts of Europe, Gothic style slowly replaced Romanesque architecture in the period between the late 12th and the 13th century. Bet ...

. Castles in Portugal

National monuments in Guarda District Buildings and structures in Sabugal {{Portugal-castle-stub