Castle Almoad (Paderne)
Paderne, Algarve, Portugal
Castle Almoad (Paderne)
Castle Almoad (Paderne)
Castle Almoad (Paderne)
Castle Almoad (Paderne)
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The castle was erected in mud by Almoádas between the 11th and 12th centuries, during the last phase of the Muslim occupation of the peninsula, controlling the old Roman road that crossed the Quarteira river by a bridge to the Southeast. In this period, the progress of the Christian Reconquest led to the construction of a defensive line composed of medium-size and rural fortifications in the region, of which this is one of the best examples.
The medieval castle
The earliest reference to the castle dates back to 1189, when it was conquered in a fierce night-time assault by D. Sancho I's forces (1185-1211), with the help of a squadron of English crusaders. This dominion, however, was ephemeral, since as early as 1191 it was recovered by the Almohad forces under the command of the caliph Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur.
Its definitive possession for the Portuguese Crown would only come under the reign of D. Afonso III (1248-1279) with the conquest by the Master of the Order of Santiago, D. Paio Peres Correia, in 1248, beginning the repopulation of the region.
Under the reign of D. Dinis (1279-1325), the domains of the village and its castle, as well as the patronage of its church, were donated by the sovereign to the Order of Avis, in the person of his Master, D. Lourenço Anes. However, during the period there are no restoration works in the castle, similar to what happened with the Castle of Alvor (1300), the walls of Tavira (1303) or Castro Marim (1303), but only a few buildings in its interior, as the building of the original chapel, now in ruins.
From the fifteenth century to our days
In the following century, when the cycle of the Portuguese Discoveries began, strategic and economic preoccupations were concentrated on the coasts of the kingdom, losing Paderne its importance and its defensive function. Abandoned from the sixteenth century, when the settlement moved to the present site, it fell progressively into ruins in the following centuries. The process was aggravated by the damage caused by the earthquake of 1755 to the structure, in particular to its keep, as recorded by the Parochial Memories in 1758.
The ruins of the castle, constituted by some sections of walls, the albarran tower and the walls of the chapel in its interior, in which a cistern was opened, was encrusted as Property of Public Interest by Decree published on November 22, 1971.
The castle features an irregular, organic quadrangular plant occupying an area of about 1,000 m². In addition to the typical features of the Almoadian military architecture, such as the mud walls, the square-shaped albarrã tower, which rises about ten meters to the east, and the elbow door at the opposite angle to the tower, its remnants influences of the Gothic and Manueline style, like the barbican who defended this door.
One of the seven castles represented on the flag of Portugal, its reddish ruins are one of the most significant examples of Muslim military architecture in the Iberian Peninsula, standing out in the landscape.
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