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词条 Castle of Messejana
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  1. History

  2. Architecture

  3. References

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The Castle of Messejana ({{lang-pt|Castelo de Messejana}}), is a Portuguese medieval castle in civil parish of Messejana, in the municipality of Aljustrel, in the district of Beja.

History

Although the region was inhabited prior to the Reconquista, it was sacked in 1235 by forces loyal to King D. Sancho II. The name Messejana has its origin in the Arab masjana, that refers to prison or jail, a word derived from the verb sajana (to mean to incarcerate in prison). Proof of Arab occupation comes from excavations at the castle (1992) of silver coins, dating to the Ibn Wazir period.[1]

During the reign of King D. Dinis (1279-1325) elevated the Messejana to the status of municipality[2] donating the settlement to the knights of the Order of Santiago, as a way to establish a frontier in the region. The castle was constructed in 1288, under the direction of Pero Soudo.[3]

A foral (charter) was issued by King D. Manuel I (1495-1521) on 1 July 1512, but seemed inconsequential to national security.[4] King D. John II (1481-1495), who was sick at the time, stopped at the site between 8–9 October 1495, when he travelled to Caldas de Monchique.

During the reign of King D. John III (1521-1557), the monarch donated the territory to D. João da Silva, 6th Master of Vagos, also known as the Grande Regedor (Great Ruler).[5] His son, D. Lourenço da Silva, succeeded him and erected, between 1566 and 1570, a Franciscan Convent in the town, and what would become known as the Church of the Misericórdia.[5] D. Loureço, along with his five brothers, perished in the disastrous Battle of Alcácer Quibir (1578) along with D. Sebastião (1568-1578), whose mother had invited the King to Messejana in 1573.[5]

During the context of the Portuguese Civil War (1828-1834), the Duke of Terceira was in Messejana with his military forces, where he met with his council of brigadiers on 17 July 1833. It was at this conference that the decision to take Lisbon, an operation that eventually succeeded, with the defeat of Miguelist/absolutist forces on 24 July 1833.

The municipality was extinguished on 25 October 1835 by Rodrigo da Fonseca and over time its importance continued to deteriorate, subsumed by Aljustrel in the region. For various years the remains of the site was used as a quarry.

Architecture

The castle is located in an isolated, rural hilltop on the edge of the urban community. Near the site is the parochial church of Nossa Senhora dos Remédios.[3]

The site is dominated by vestiges of a rectangular building, encircled by three lines of fortifications in an advanced state of ruin.[3]

In a local home, archeologists discovered an arch with inscriptions with unique characters:[3]

E M CCC / XXVI: ANIIS / IN FINE: M DII / PO: SOUDO / ME FEZ

References

Notes

1. ^Miguel Telles Antunes and Adel Sidarus (1998), p.288
2. ^Borges and Marino (2003), p.71
3. ^{{citation |url=http://www.monumentos.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=911 |title=Castelo de Messejana (IPA.00000911/PT040201030003) |publisher=SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico |editor=SIPA |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=Portuguese |first=José |last=Falcão |first2=Ricardo |last2=Pereira |year=1996 |accessdate=2 April 2016}}
4. ^Daniel Alves (2007), p.1
5. ^Daniel Alves (2007), p.2

Sources

  • {{citation |url=http://ler.letras.up.pt/uploads/ficheiros/7500.pdf |contribution=A Ermida de Nossa Senhora da Assunção de Messejana: Conjugação de influencias num exemplar arquitectónica da 2ª metado da seculo XVIII |first=Ana Maria de Mira |last=Borges |first2=Luís |last2=Marino |title=Barroco: Actas do II Congresso Internacional |location=Porto, Portugal |publisher=Universidade do Porto. Faculdade de Letras. Departamento de Ciências e Técnicas do Património |year=2003 |pages=71–80 |language=Portuguese}}
  • {{citation |title=Casas Nobres de Messejana – Do século XVIII à actualidade Daniel Ribeiro Alves |publisher=Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa |location=Lisbon, Portugal |first=Daniel |last=Alves |year=2007 |language=Portuguese}}
  • {{citation |url=http://www.patrimoniocultural.pt/static/data/publicacoes/o_arqueologo_portugues/serie_4/volume_16/novo_exemplar.pdf |title=Novo examplar de quarto de dinar de Ibn Wazir invocando o emir almorávida Ishaq ibn 'Ali |first=Miguel Telles |last=Antunes |first2=Adel |last2=Sidarus |work=O Arqueólogo Português |edition=Serie IV |issue=16 |year=1998 |pages=285–293 |language=Portuguese}}
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