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| » | Leiria's castle 4 Leiria's (lay-ree-uh) castle. Dom Afonso Henriques, the first King of Portugal, reconquered the Moorish castle for the Christians in 1135 that is set on the hilltop where Leiria now stands. This is around 6 km from an older settlement founded by the Romans called Colippo. The Castle was, however, recaptured by the Moors in 1190. Two years later King Dom Sancho I finally retook it and rebuilt the walls. During Dom Dinis's reign (13th-14th centuries), Leiria rose in importance as the king and his wife Queen Santa Isabel chose it as one of the royal residences, building the Royal Palace within the castle walls. King Dom Joao I later ordered it to be rebuilt in the Gothic style, which is the centerpiece of the castle. Dom Dinis also ordered the planting of the Leiria pine forest, so as to hold back the shifting sands on the coast. The wood from the trees was used as the building material for the ships that undertook the famous voyages abroad in the 15th and 16th century. Text from http://www.soccerphile.co- m/soccerphile/port2004/ci- ty_guide/leiria.html |
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