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アルビトゥ城（Castelo de Alvito）は、ポルトガルのアレンテージョ地方にある歴史的な要塞化された邸宅で、1993年からはポルトガル・プサダス（Pousadas de Portugal）の有名なネットワークに属する高級ホテル、プサダ・カステロ・アルビトゥ（Pousada Castelo Alvito）が併設されています。

アルビトゥ城は、ポルトガルのアレンテージョ地方のアルビトゥの町にある軍事記念碑であり、ポサーダ（宿泊施設）です。要塞と裕福な邸宅の両方の機能を兼ね備えた要塞化された宮殿の例と考えられています。また、ゴシック様式、マヌエル様式、イスラム様式の要素を組み合わせたスタイルも際立っています。 （出典：Wikipedia） アルビトゥ城は現在ポサーダです。

16世紀初頭に建てられた隠れ家で、ゴシック・ムデハル様式に分類できる建築様式が特徴です。これはゴシック様式のアレンテージョ地方特有のものです。村の端に位置し、守護聖人である聖セバスチャンを通して、ペストの蔓延から村を守っていました。 17世紀初頭のフレスコ画のキャンペーンがあり、内部全体を覆っていました。現在残っているものは、この地域特有のフレスコ画の描き方、特に音楽を奏でる天使のテーマの繰り返しを明らかにしています。 (出典: www.e-cultura.pt)

Moura Castle is a very old fortress, composed of round and square towers, and is the first fortress known to Moura. The Convent of Our Lady of the Assumption was built here, which incorporated the Church of Santiago, the former Moorish mosque, and became the mother church.

Picnic Park, Santa Susana

The chapel of S. Sebastião is one of the monuments in Alvito that is part of the Fresco Route (see information about the Fresco Route), due to the beauty and heritage importance of the fresco paintings that can be seen inside. Located in the Rossio area, the chapel was probably built before 1535, although its authorship is unknown. It is a Manueline style building, with Mudejar influences (similar to the chapel of S. Brás, in Évora). The plan is simple, consisting of a single nave and a main chapel. The vaults of both the nave and the main chapel are painted in fresco, with figures of musical angels and are believed to have been designed by José de Escobar (a resident of Évora).

Situated at a high point in the midst of the Alentejo plains, and offering extensive views over the distant horizons, the graceful town of Alvito has grown around its palatial castle, where the Pousada de Alvito is now housed. The white houses give Alvito the distinct and unmistakable appearance of an Alentejo town, many of them having doors framed by Manueline-style arches, revealing their seventeenth-century origin. The settlement of this town dates back to the early days of the Portuguese monarchy. The town was granted its first charter by the king D. Dinis in 1327, later confirmed by D. Manuel in 1516. The Alvito Castle, whose construction began in 1494, is undoubtedly one of the most curious buildings of its kind in Portugal. Visiting it helps to evoke memories of the town´s historical past. The long Moorish presence in this region left its distinctive marks in the Mudejar architecture clearly visible in various monuments (which laymen can easily recognise through the small cupolas and white-painted conical pinnacles). The parish church of Nossa Senhora da Assunção, dating back to the early sixteenth century, has certain exterior decorative features that clearly identify it as an example of Mudejar architecture. A modest Renaissance doorway leads to the interior, its walls covered in azulejo panels whose beautiful patterns are a harmonious blend of blue and yellow. In the upper choir, there is a large seventeenth-century altarpiece of carved and gilded wood. The same Mudejar influence is also to be noted in the small fortified chapel of São Sebastião, crowned by an array of chamfered merlons. Inside, painted on the vaulted Gothic ceiling are frescos depicting musical angels. Attention is also drawn to the town hall with its picturesque clock tower, a typical feature of Alentejo architecture. Two almost adjoining churches, the Igreja da Misericórdia and the Igreja da Senhora das Candeias (the latter housing a museum of Sacred Art), are equally interesting buildings of some architectural merit, as is the small chapel of Santa Luzia on the outskirts of the town, which was originally a Muslim oratory.

Rising above Moura's old town on a limestone plateaux are the ruins of a once grand castle. The medieval Castelo de Moura was built by King Dom Dinis in the 13th century on the site of an earlier Moorish citadel. There is evidence that the site is even older than this suggesting there was originally an Iron Age hill fort here. The medieval castle was a mixture of old and new including the remains of the Moorish castle and a new watchtower, the remains of which can be seen today. One of the original Moorish towers remained; the Salúquia tower, named after princess Salúquia, the daughter of the Muslim governor Abu Hassan. It is said that when the christians reconquered the town she threw herself from the top of this tower. Over subsequent years the castle was further expanded and fortified. During the 16th century the convent of Nossa Senhora da Assunção was incorporated into the castle grounds, being built on the site of the earlier Moorish mosque. It is said that the convent was home to the tombs of Pedro and Álvaro Rodrigues who were responsible for the reconquest of Moura from the Moors. The castle was almost destroyed during the Spanish War of Succession under the command of the Duke of Osuna in 1707. Further damage was caused by the 1755 earthquake leaving the Moura Castle in ruins. Today the castle is home to landscaped gardens, a military museum and an archaeological museum. It is also a great viewpoint for the town and surrounding countryside including the nearby Alqueva dam.