Portugal · Restored
Castelo de Tomar
Tomar Castle is a fortified complex on a wooded hill above the town of Tomar and the Nabão River in central Portugal. Founded as the Portuguese headquarters of the Knights Templar, it comprises an outer curtain wall with round towers and an inner citadel (alcáçova) dominated by a central keep and a circular Templar church. The castle later became part of the Convento de Cristo and preserves a mix of defensive and monastic buildings.
Its prime
1550
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1550
The shape it held in its prime.
Perched on a tree-covered hill, the castle presents a crenellated curtain wall pierced by several cylindrical (round) towers and a larger rectangular tower to one side; behind these rises the inner citadel with a taller, multi-storey keep. Masonry is warm beige-brown stone with regular ashlar blocks and visible mortar joints. Rooflines are dominated by battlements and wallwalks rather than pitched roofs. Cypress and pine trees grow within and around the walls. At its prime the battlements, towers and inner keep are intact and continuous.
Step inside
8 places to explore in 1550.
The record describes 8 distinct spots at Castelo de Tomar — including 4 interiors: keep - residential chambers, round templar church (rotunda) interior, gothic nave added to the church and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
Create History
See Castelo de Tomar with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1550 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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