Chaves - Castelo / Torre de Menagem

The massive castle above the town was built on the site of a Roman fortress. It was strengthened after the Moorish conquest, badly damaged during the Reconquista and rebuilt by King Dinis in the 13th/14th C. The medieval castle was the residence of the first Duke of Bragança, a natural son of King Joao I. In the 17th C. Vauban-style bastions were built on to the castle, but these were later destroyed. The imposing keep, the Torre de Menagem, houses a small military museum.