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Municipality in Oeste e Vale do Tejo, Portugal
Photo: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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Castle of Alenquer
A medieval castle built in 1160 over the remains of a Moorish fortress.
Lezíria Bridge
The Lezíria Bridge is a box girder bridge flanked by viaducts and rangeviews that spans the Tagus and Sorraia Rivers between Carregado (Alenquer municipality) and Benavente, north-east of Lisbon. It is the second-longest bridge in Europe (including viaducts) and the ninth longest in the world, with a total length of 12 km. It carries the A10 motorway.
Alenquer is at exit 4 of the A1 (Autoestrada do Norte) motorway, 30 min N of Lisbon and 2 hr 30 min S of Porto.
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