El Castelo dos Mouros y la iglesia de São Pedro de Canaferrim en Sintra (Portugal). Un análisis desde la Arqueología de la Arquitectura

The monumental complex of the Castelo dos Mouros at Sintra (Portugal) is an architectural ensemble declared World Heritage Site. It is formed by two walled enclosures, with a large cistern inside the bigger one, and the small church of Sao Pedro de Canaferrim outside the walled enclosures. Thought to be “work of Moors” by historiography and hidden by a Romantic restoration in the 19 th century, the analysis of this site by means of the Archaeology of Architecture puts back the chronology of the castle and the church to the second half of the 12 th century, in relation to the Christian conquest of Lisbon.