Castelo Bom is a village located in the county of Almeida, in the Arraian area of the Beira Interior region, home to a parish with 216 inhabitants. Occupied since ancient times, as witnessed by the Bronze Age sword found here and exhibited in the Guarda Museum, it was disputed by Portuguese, Moors, Leonese and Castilian, until finally passing to Portuguese hands through the Treaty of Alcanizes in 1297. Its castle , built by the Leoneses, was, due to its location in an always tense frontier zone, one of the main squares, both of the Leonese domain, XII, until the 19th century. He received a Portuguese charter on 8 November 1296, by D.Dinis, and Foral Novo in 1510, by D.Manuel I. Both monarchs ordered repairs to the castle. During the Restoration War (1640-1668) he defended the country and served as a refuge for the governors of Beira. In 1762, during the Seven Years' War, it was surrounded and defeated by the Spanish army. Am August 1810, during the 3rd French invasion, was invaded and ransacked, its castle being severely affected. From here, leading to the dismantling of some structures. Today it is a quiet village but that breathes history on every corner.
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