If you find yourself in Lisbon, one of the oldest cities in the world, a visit to the Castelo de São Jorge (Castle of Saint George) allows you to step into the shoes of eons of rulers and to ponder the same view that they had. The ruins of the Castelo de São Jorge in Lisbon sit on a tall hill in the middle of the city, and conjure up all the magic and myth of the castles in storybooks. The Castelo de São Jorge is the castle you were drawing with crayons as a kid: up on the hill over the town with the banners flapping and the princess in the tower. It is one of the originators of the cultural memory of mystical ...
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