began to integrate Monforte, Assumar, Santo Aleixo, Vaiamonte and Prazeres. The first attempt at restoring the old castle began in 2005, with a general plan that include the division of the walls into project zones. Architecture The Dionisic castle has four towers, that included the keep and clock towers, four bastions, a cistern, lines of walls marked by gates, most of which are in ruin. Along with the castles of Veiros, Campo Maior and Ouguela, Monforte was a defensive line in the region, used to impede Spanish invasion from the east in addition to playing a strategic point in the Christian Reconquista. References Notes Sources Castles in Portalegre District