Lousă Castle
Castelo de Arouce, Lousă 3200 - Portugal
Phone: +351 239 990 040
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This 11th century castle, 3 km southeast of Lousă, is more correctly known as the Arouce Castle after the village of that name, abandoned around 1513. Legend has it that a King Arouce fled from a barbarian invasion of the Roman town of Conimbriga and took refuge here with his daughter and a horde of treasure. The castle played an important part in the battles against the Moors, but all that remains today are the keep, a wall and turrets, all built of the local stone, Silurian schist, except for the door decoration which is of white gritstone.
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