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Artefacts, Middle Age, Moorish Castle, Sintra

2013 Conservation and Restoration

Treatment of almost 140 medieval archaeological artefacts collected from excavations inside The Moorish Castle (the majority) and in the surroundings of the Convent of Capuchos*, in 2010, 2012 and 2013.

  • Copper alloy artefacts (58)
  • Iron alloy artefacts (51).
  • Bone/ivory artefacts (9).
  • Artefacts (8) made of different materials.
  • Ceramics artefacts (4).
  • Glass necklace beads (3).
  • Iron and silver alloys (bolhão) artefacts (2).
  • Lead artefact.

* Both monuments inserted in the Natural Landscape of Sintra, World Heritage of Humanity (Unesco, 1995).

Acknowledgements Parks of Sintra - Monte da Lua

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