Marvão, urbe recortada por duas ruas estreitas de orientação orgânica, demarcadas por um regrado casario branco, está cercada por uma cintura de muralhas siscentistas, a mais de 850 metros de altitude
Marvão deve o seu nome a Ibn Marwan, figura do Islão peninsular que, pelos anos finais do século IX, aqui se fortificou em discórdia face ao califa. É precisamente desse período que data a primeira referência ao povoado, constante da crónica de al-Rázi, escrita já no século X mas que conserva parcelas dedicadas aos tempos imediatamente anteriores. Aí se menciona que o Monte é conhecido como Amaia de Ibn Maruán, por oposição a outra Amaia, a das ruínas (SIDARUS, 1991, p.13), que deve ser a cidade romana com o mesmo nome, localizada no sopé do monte. Esta referência, que parece corresponder aos anos de 876-877, permite concluir que, já nessa altura, Marvão era um povoado de relevância militar, uma vez que, em outras ocasiões, Ibn Marwan ameaçou retirar-se para o Monte, numa afirmação de revolta militar contra Córdova.
Built in the lower part of the village, it is a building with a polygonal plan, in the traditional construction of the temples of this invocation, with a dome, housing the images of the Virgin and St. John. Work from the 19th century, reflects the...
Like almost all first-tier fortifications, it metamorphosed over time, seeking to respond to new war technologies. The bastion fortification then reinforced the entrances to the urban fence - Portas de Ródão, Portas da Vila and Postigo do Torrejão...
The Castle of Marvão was a strategic detention fortification, oriented towards the border, which is a mere 13 km away. It also constituted an effective place of refuge and an extraordinary point of observation and surveillance, since it clearly do...
As a whole, however, we can highlight some elements of fortification with individual value: the large cistern, from the late Middle Ages / principles of the Modern Age, of enormous dimensions, and the existence of an albacar that, if the topograph...
Marvão castle was a strategic detention fortification, oriented towards the border, which is a mere 13 km away. It also constituted an effective place of refuge and an extraordinary point of observation and surveillance, since it clearly dominated...
The Church of Santa Maria, an existing Parish in 1321, initially dependent on the Order of the Hospital, then Priory of the Order of Malta, is a building, in its Gothic structure, that the remodeling, from the 16th century, modified, in part, rais...
Located a short distance from Santa Maria, on the same plane, it is a 14th century parish, also belonging to the Order of the Hospital, passing to Priory of Malta. The architectural volume close to the previous church, preserves a large part, besi...
Marvão, a city cut by two narrow streets of organic orientation, demarcated by a rule of white houses, is surrounded by a belt of 16th century walls, at more than 850 meters above sea level Marvão owes his name to Ibn Marwan, a figure of peninsula...
Like almost all first-tier fortifications, it metamorphosed over time, seeking to respond to new war technologies. The abaluartada fortification then reinforced the entrances to the urban fence - Portas de Ródão, Portas da Vila and Postigo do Torr...
