Cultural Landscape of Sintra – UNESCO World Heritage Site

Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish Castle), Sintra (Portugal)

Isolated on its lofty perch, one of the peaks in the Sintra Hills, the Castelo dos Mouros (Moorish Castle) is a fortification founded in the 10th century during the period the Moors occupied the Iberian Peninsula. The Moorish Castle is a privileged viewpoint to admire the view extending from Sintra to the ocean and is part of the Cultural Landscape of Sintra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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It's a wilderness out there...

Ready for anything...

The Moorish Castle and National Palace of Pena in the distance...

The National Palace of Pena

We made a couple of "distant" friends along the way...