Standing high above Lisbon, Castelo de São Jorge is more than a castle—it’s a thousand-year chronicle etched in stone.
From Iron Age settlements to Moorish fortifications, royal banquets, crusader battles, and the shadows of earthquakes, this fortress has watched empires rise and fall.
In this week’s deep dive, we trace the layered history of one of Portugal’s most iconic landmarks—one that holds the echoes of kings, invaders, poets, and prisoners.
Walk its walls, peer through the battlements—and listen to the stones speak.