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Monuments in Valpaços
Castro de Vilanova
- heritage
Santiago da Ribeira de Alhariz
5445-072, Santiago da Ribeira de Alhariz
Fortified village with two lines of walls.
Castro de Ribas
- heritage
EN206, km 56
5445-014, Argeriz
The Castro de Ribas is a fortified village and proto-history with an area exceeding romanized 2 hectares, being one of the best preserved castros of the country. The complex defensive system consists of four rows of towering walls (with traces of other two), and the first of them reaches a width of 13 meters in the highest zone. In interior wall cloth are two ashlars with engraved ornamentation, decorative motifs consisting of circles and spirals. In the area protected by the fourth line of walls are rectangular and circular dwellings, as well as a mill dug in a rock. The …