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  2. Torres Novas - Wikipedia

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    Torres Novas. /  39.467°N 8.533°W  / 39.467; -8.533. Torres Novas ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈtoʁɨʒ ˈnɔvɐʃ] ⓘ) is a Portuguese municipality in the district of Santarém, in the Médio Tejo of the Oeste e Vale do Tejo region. The population of the municipality was approximately 36,717 (from the 2011 census), in an area that ...

  3. Siege of Tomar - Wikipedia

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    Alcácer do Sal, Palmela, Almada, Abrantes were captured and moving north beyond the Tagus River, Torres Novas was captured. [6] The caliph then split his forces. and attacked both Tomar and Santarém at the same time. Some Almohads marched north and reached the walls of Coimbra, destroying Leiria along the way. [7]

  4. Roman ruins of Villa Cardillio - Wikipedia

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    Public 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of Torres Novas, in the locality of Caveira. The Roman ruins of Villa Cardillio ( Portuguese: Ruinas romanas de Vila Cardílio) is an archaeological site located in central Portugal. Situated in the rural civil parish of Santa Maria, it is located approximately 3 km from the centre of the municipal seat of ...

  5. Portugal in the Reconquista - Wikipedia

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    While Silves was under siege, Torres Novas was attacked and taken. [68] Its defenders were granted freedom. The Caliph then personally besieged Tomar, a powerful Templar castle defended by Gualdim Pais, preceptor of the Templars in Portugal. The Caliphs objective however was the important city and stronghold of Santarém. [70] Citadel of Tomar.

  6. Siege of Torres Novas - Wikipedia

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  7. Castle of Torres Novas - Wikipedia

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    Castle of Torres Novas. Coordinates: 39°28′48″N 8°32′26″W. Torres Novas Castle. The Castle of Torres Novas ( Portuguese: Castelo de Torres Novas) is a medieval castle in the civil parish of Torres Novas (São Pedro), Lapas e Ribeira Branca, municipality of Torres Novas, Portuguese district of Santarém. [citation needed] It is ...

  8. Villa of Torre de Palma - Wikipedia

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    Coordinates: 39.0622°N 7.4885°W. The Villa Lusitano-Romana de Torre de Palma, sometimes Villa Cardillio or Vila Cardílio (not to be confused with the Villa Cardillio on Torres Novas) is a Roman villa near Monforte in Portugal, which was in Roman times part of the province of Lusitania . It is considered one of the largest in the Iberian ...

  9. Siege of Silves (1191) - Wikipedia

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    Siege of Silves (1191) April 1191, Almohads led by Yaʿqūb al-Manṣūr led a new expedition which besieged and captured Alcácer do Sal (Qaşr Abi Danis) and Torres Novas, then moved on to Silves which was at last taken three months later. After this victory, and the conclusion of a truce with the Christian kings.