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Atalaia da Cabeça Magra
Moura, Portugal, Portugal
Atalaia da Cabeça Magra near Moura, Portugal, is a Gothic watchtower built in the late 13th or early 14th century under King D. Dinis, perched on an Iron Age hilltop castro site with prior Roman occupation to vigilantly guard the Castilian border alongside three sister towers—Cabeça Gorda, Alvarinho, and Porto Mourão—linked visually to Moura Castle.
As the sole survivor of this frontier signaling network against invasions through the turbulent 13th-15th centuries and into the 17th-18th, its isolated stone structure communicated threats via fire or smoke amid the strategic Guadiana region. Classified as a Public Interest Property since 1986 despite partial ruin, it evokes Alentejo's enduring defensive heritage.
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Moura, Portugal
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