House, 9 bedrooms, for Sale Other Portugal, Otras Zonas De
Portugal Portugal   Sobre esta propiedad  This site existed as a
stronghold in Carthaginian times, and when the Romans occupied
the Iberian Peninsula they turned it into a Castro or Fort. When
the Romans left, it was taken from the Arabs by Bishop D. Soeiro
with the help of the crusaders, who gave it to the order of St.
James (S. Tiago). However little by little it fell into ruins
and the village was prey to Algerian pirates who ransacked the
place several times. The Castro was completely rebuilt during
the early part of the Spanish occupation in 1590; indeed the
walls you can see today are of that period. When the pirates no
longer threated the coast, there was no more reason to keep the
defense up and time did its job-it became a ruin. The government
sold it at auction in 1906. There were three owners before 1939,
when Dom Luis de Castro e Almeida bought it in a complete state
of ruin and restored it in its present shape. From 1959 on, he
began to r