Citânia de Briteiros
| Citânia de Briteiros | |
|---|---|
View of Citânia de Briteiros, showing house ruins and stone paving | |
Interactive map of the Citânia de Briteiros area | |
| General information | |
| Type | Castro |
| Architectural style | Iron Age |
| Location | Briteiros São Salvador e Briteiros Santa Leocádia, Guimarães, Portugal |
| Coordinates | 41°31′39″N 8°18′57″W / 41.52750°N 8.31583°W |
| Opened | 1st Century |
| Owner | Portuguese Republic |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Granite |
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The Citânia de Briteiros is an archaeological site of the Castro culture located in the Portuguese civil parish of Briteiros São Salvador e Briteiros Santa Leocádia in the municipality of Guimarães; important for its size, "urban" form and developed architecture, it is one of the more excavated sites in northwestern Iberian Peninsula. Although primarily known as the remains of an Iron Age proto-urban hill fort (or oppidum), the excavations at the site have revealed evidence of sequential settlement, extending from the Bronze to Middle Ages.