Marvão

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Marvão is a fortified medieval village in Portugal known for its hilltop castle and panoramic views over the Alentejo region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Marvão canonical 6
Marvão (village) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fortified settlement ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
village ⓘ
adjacentTo Castelo de Vide ⓘ
Portalegre (municipality) ⓘ
Valencia de Alcántara ⓘ
area approximately 154 square kilometres ⓘ
borders Spain ⓘ
contains Convento de Nossa Senhora da Estrela ⓘ
Igreja de Santa Maria de Marvão ⓘ
Igreja de Santiago de Marvão ⓘ
Marvão (village) ⓘ
linked to: Marvão

Marvão Castle ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
demographicDesignation Marvanenses ⓘ
distanceFrom approximately 230 km east of Lisbon ⓘ
approximately 90 km from Évora ⓘ
elevation approximately 860 metres ⓘ
foundedInCentury 9th century ⓘ
governedBy Municipal Chamber of Marvão ⓘ
hasAdministrativeCenter Santo António das Areias ⓘ
hasClimate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
hasFestival Festival Internacional de Música de Marvão ⓘ
hasViewOver Alentejo plain ⓘ
linked to: Alentejo
heritageStatus classified as a National Monument area ⓘ
historicalEra Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegion Alto Alentejo ⓘ
knownFor fortified village walls ⓘ
medieval hilltop castle ⓘ
panoramic views over the Alentejo region ⓘ
well-preserved historic center ⓘ
language Portuguese ⓘ
locatedIn Alentejo region ⓘ
linked to: Alentejo

Alto Alentejo subregion ⓘ
linked to: Alto Alentejo

Portalegre District ⓘ
locatedOn Serra de São Mamede ⓘ
locatedWithin Serra de São Mamede Natural Park ⓘ
nearestCity Portalegre ⓘ
partOf Centro Internacional Raiano ⓘ
population approximately 3000 inhabitants ⓘ
populationAsOf 2021 ⓘ
postalCode 7330 ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
timeZone WET ⓘ
timeZoneDST WEST ⓘ
transportAccess EN359 road ⓘ
UNLOCODE PTMVA ⓘ
wasStrategicFor defense of the Portuguese-Castilian border ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alto Alentejo → hasTown → Marvão ⓘ
Marvão → contains → Marvão (village) ⓘ
linked to: Marvão