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Extract from the Guimares Travel Guides:
Birthplace of Afonso Henriques and first capital of medieval Portucale,
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remains a lively and atmospheric university town. The town's chief attraction is the
Castelo
(Tues-Sun 10am-12.30pm & 2-5.30pm; free), whose square keep and seven towers are an enduring symbol of the emergent Portuguese nation. Built by Henry of Burgundy, it became the stronghold of his son, Afonso Henriques. From here the Reconquest began along with the creation of a kingdom which, within a century of Afonso's death, was to stretch to its present borders. Afonso is said to have been born in the keep, and was probably baptized in th...
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