Photograph showing the exterior of Guimaraes Castle, Portugal. A hilltop Romanesque castle, built in the 10th century to defend the monastery from attacks by Moors and Norsemen, it is thought to be the birthplace of Afonso Henriques, the first King of Portugal.

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