A lasting symbol for Beja, the Torre de Menagem is made entirely from marble and crests at 40 metres, putting it among the tallest keeps on the Iberian Peninsula. it is 40 metres (130 ft) tall tower, approximately three stories, with adarves and machicolations and marked by prismatic merlons and covered with a terrace.[
Up close you can also appreciate its late Gothic and Manueline flourishes in the window traceries and slender pointed merlons.
And at the top you can see for miles in every direction. The view is amazing.
This brings home just how integral this castle was, during the Moorish era when it was taken and re-taken several times, and as a Portuguese stronghold to guard against Spanish attacks from the east.
