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Duarte Pimenta

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Duarte Pimenta

🇵🇹 Sintra, Portugal

  • 13 years guiding
  • 3 tours
Speaks Portuguese English

About Duarte

I have walked the ramparts of the Moorish Castle more times than I can count, and I still time my sessions for when the light is low enough to see the whole ridge clearly. On camera I follow the walls rather than staying in one spot, since the view changes completely with every stretch of stone. I explain what is actually known about the fortress's Moorish origins against what later restoration added, since the two get blurred easily. I keep the phone steady on the steeper sections rather than filming while I climb them. I answer questions about the restoration honestly, including where the 19th century clearly took liberties.

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