Arrifana Castle Ruins

The ruins exposed by the archaeological excavations next to the firth of Aljezur river, above the Arrifana beach, are probably the vestiges of the Castle of the Arrifana, still it is considered to be a kind of "ribat": an Arabian fortified convent.

This sort of "convent" is the only found in Portuguese territory, existing another one in Spanish territory, in Alicante.

This area was inhabited up to the big 1755 earthquake, when the settlement was transferred to the other side of the river.