Velho de Alcoutim Castle
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Velho de Alcoutim Castle is a castle in Alcoutim Municipality, Faro district
, in southern Portugal
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One of the most important structures of Islamic military architecture of the Algarve, the monument dominates the top platform of a mountain cliff, overlooking the Guadiana River, about one kilometer north of the town of Alcoutim.
Faro (district)
Faro District is the southernmost district of Portugal, coincident with the Algarve. The administrative centre, or capital, is the city of Faro.-Municipalities:The district is composed of 16 municipalities:* Albufeira* Alcoutim* Aljezur* Castro Marim...
, in southern Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
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One of the most important structures of Islamic military architecture of the Algarve, the monument dominates the top platform of a mountain cliff, overlooking the Guadiana River, about one kilometer north of the town of Alcoutim.