The medieval castle, of which part of the wall and the 28-metre keep remain, was built on the foundations of the Roman walls that surrounded the town. It underwent improvements at the time of the Suevi, Alans, Visigoths and Muslims who conquered the fortification in 713. Find out more in Terra Callaeci's new segment dedicated to the Castle of Chaves. here.
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Tiago Rodrigues
Born in Lisbon, he left the capital for a village in Barroso, where he has developed projects with various local institutions. He is a graphic designer and art editor at UMinho Editora. In 2017, he founded Terra Callaeci, a project dedicated to the promotion of the cultural landscape of Trás-os-Montes, as a construction of the people who inhabited (and inhabit) it.