Portugal: Medieval castle and cradle of Portugal in the European Culture Capital 2012 Guimaraes

---

The Castle of Guimaraes is considered the cradle of Portugal because the first king of Portugal and founder of the nation, Afonso Henriques, was born here.

---

Size: 4287px × 2848px
Location: Castle Sao Miguel, Guimaraes, Minho, Portugal
Photo credit: © Cro Magnon / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 10th, 2012, afonso, birth, blue, capital, castelo, castle, century, condessa, construction, cradle, culture, de, defensive, entrance, european, famous, founder, granit, guimaraes, henriques, heritage, historic, horizontal, impressing, king, main, medieval, middle-age, middle-aged, miguel, minho, monument, monumental, mumadona, place, portugal, portuguese, rocks, sao, sky, stone, symbol, tourism, touristic, towers, travel, tree, unesco, view, world