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