Lokacin da Daular Rome ta faɗi kan lokaci, yankunanta na nesa sun gamu da irin wannan sakamako kuma suna canzawa zuwa sabbin masarautu da masarautu waɗanda Latin ɗinsu ya zama mara kyau ya zama wasu daga cikin yarukan Turai da muke sani a yau. Sannan manyan gidaje sun tashi, manya-manya da karfi gine-gine wadanda suka yi aiki don kare kansu daga abokan gaba wadanda a waccan karnoni masu nisa suna da yawa, idan ba duk makwabta ba.
A garin Montalegre, a Fotigal, akwai katanga da kuke gani a hoto: the Gidan Montalegre. Kusan koyaushe wannan yanki na ƙasar ya kasance mazaunan Lusitaniyya, Rome da Visigoths. Sarki Alfonso III ne ya ba da umarnin gina wannan sansanin soja a lokacin da yake sake tsara iyakokin yankinsa, ya dawo a rabin rabin karni na XNUMX.
El Gidan Montalegre an ƙaddara shi don kare iyakar arewacin masarautar, masarautar da a ƙarshe ba ta daɗe. Daga baya an mika filayen ga Pedro Anes don a zauna da shi. Daga lokacin yaƙi da haɗari gidan sarauta ya ci gaba da kasancewa mashaidi mai dama. Mafi mahimman bayanai game da tsarin gine-ginen Gothic shine Torre del Homenaje, nesa da wurin da ya saba a tsakiyar tsakar gida, kusa da bangon kuma an gina shi bayan sauran hasumiyar kamar yadda ya fara daga 1331.
Yana da girma, fiye da sauran ukun da suka rawanin masarauta, tana da hawa hudu, tsarin kwashe ruwa, katangar bango da katuwar kayoyi masu kauri tare da farfajiyoyi wadanda suke zuwa da shiga ciki kuma suna ba da damar wasu baranda. Asalin asalin wannan castle a Fotigal ya sami wasu gyare-gyare a karnoni masu zuwa amma asali bai canza fasalin sa gaba ɗaya ba. Da Gidan Montalegre Tsawonsa yakai mita 21 kuma yana da nasa rijiyar da aka haka daga wannan dutsen.