Our Stone CultureMedieval Castles and Town Walls
of Mondego
#7 MIRANDA DO CORVO
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Miranda do Corvo is a village and a municipality from Coimbra district. It has a beautiful Church on top of a hill
overlooking the area. A tower and a cistern are
what remains of an ancient castle. A military structure, it
played a particularly important role in the defence line of
Mondego River and Coimbra between the XI and XII
centuries.
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By 1064, D. Sesnando starts a series of important reforms in castles that
surround and protect the city of Coimbra, including the one in
Miranda do Corvo.This tower - current bell tower of the church - would be part of the
wall of the medieval fortification, as well as the cistern, located at the
top of the hill.
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Since June 2011 that archaeological work has been carried out and this has allowed the
identification of foundation bases for a structure near the cistern.
Interestingly, a set of over 30 graves
excavated in the rock reveals that this area was used as a burial
ground over 900 years ago.
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More recent structures built within the “Walls” include…
A large "Rio de Janeiro"-type statue of Jesus
This Chapel, “Capela do Nosso Senhor dos Passos”
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eTwinning Project:
“Stone Culture Rolling Over Europe”
February 2015