Citânia de Briteiros

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Citânia de Briteiros is a major Iron Age hillfort and archaeological site in northern Portugal, renowned for its well-preserved stone dwellings and Castro culture remains.

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Label Occurrences
Citânia de Briteiros canonical 2

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iron Age hillfort ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
castro ⓘ
abandoned around 1st century AD ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
culturalContext Castro culture ⓘ
Gallaecian culture ⓘ
linked to: Gallaeci
discoveredBy Francisco Martins Sarmento ⓘ
earliestOccupation around 3rd century BC ⓘ
excavatedBy Francisco Martins Sarmento ⓘ
firstExcavation late 19th century ⓘ
hasFeature acropolis area ⓘ
baths complex ⓘ
circular houses ⓘ
cisterns ⓘ
defensive towers ⓘ
defensive walls ⓘ
ditches ⓘ
gateways ⓘ
granaries ⓘ
house compounds ⓘ
inscribed stone slabs ⓘ
paved streets ⓘ
pedra formosa ⓘ
public buildings ⓘ
ramparts ⓘ
rectangular houses ⓘ
stone dwellings ⓘ
terraced platforms ⓘ
urban layout ⓘ
water supply system ⓘ
hasMuseum Museu da Citânia de Briteiros ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Monument of Portugal ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1910 ⓘ
locatedIn Cávado River basin ⓘ
linked to: Cávado River

Northern Portugal ⓘ
linked to: northern Portugal

civil parish of Briteiros São Salvador e Briteiros Santa Leocádia ⓘ
district of Braga ⓘ
linked to: Braga District

municipality of Guimarães ⓘ
locatedNear Ave River ⓘ
city of Guimarães ⓘ
linked to: Guimarães
locatedOn Monte de São Romão ⓘ
managedBy Sociedade Martins Sarmento ⓘ
materialUsed granite ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
region Minho ⓘ
significance major reference site for Castro culture studies ⓘ
one of the best-preserved hillforts in northern Portugal ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ

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

Guimarães → hasLandmark → Citânia de Briteiros ⓘ
Minho → containsHistoricSite → Citânia de Briteiros ⓘ