It is the regional capital known as Beira White Sands, with an excellent geographical position, close to the grand Tejo River, an ancient expressway.

The city has a name, but its origin is unknown: Castro Blanco.

Although some people tried to explain the name, no one was really satisfied.

The origin of this city has disappeared with the passage of time, just like two iconic figures known to Castro Blanco: the famous "Portado" (embroidery) of Castro Blanco and the beautiful and unique garden, known as "Jardim Dopaco", and Portado: silk embroidery (CC BY-SA 4).

0), did not hide the lack of this identity.

The City Council acknowledged this at its official website, and the official statement was: "Little is known about the origin of Blanco Castle".

However, people generally realize that Castro Blanco has a distant past, even if it is unknown.

This is an ancient city, which is proved by the messy stones and constant reconstruction. More importantly, everyone here believes this is true.

There is also an undeniable legendary nickname, which, according to legend, confirms the ancient roots of Castro Blanco: Ruka and Castela.

No one knows how to pronounce or spell.

However, ask any old people about the origin of their city, and they will probably use this word to answer, even if they don't know the meaning and source of this word.

The word Castro Leica, like Bordeaux and Gardens, belongs to this city, Jardim? O (cc 3。

0),19th century historian Porfirio de Silva quoted a contemporary document about the origin of this city in 1853: "In 700 BC, in the era of Carthaginians, Goths and Saracens, there was a relic on Cardoso Mountain in ancient Castro.

According to the Portuguese historian Augusto Lille, CARDOS's name comes from thorns and thistles growing on the ruins of Castela. The little-known historian Ji (FIR 02/Fraspotoots/CCBNC3) once worked in the famous Torre de Tongbo and worked directly for the king, which confirmed this point.

His name is Gaspar Alvarez de Lousada.

At that time, he was respected at home and abroad. As we all know, he is very familiar with Portuguese cultural relics.

He said that Castro Blanco was rebuilt by the Templar on the ruins of Castro Leica.

Obviously, he saw "cippos" (marker stone), which shows that Castro Blanco is an ancient Castela Liuka, which was confirmed by the Foer City (royal document) written by the Templar Pedro Albiti in 12 13.

The wording is very important: Foral (public domain) in Castelo Branco, Volumus restaurant in Que Popular Castel Branco.

We hope to restore and fill Castelo Branco.

So, Castro Blanco already exists, including its name, otherwise they can't restore these things-the city and its name.

It seems that the name Castro Blanco has become a common name in temple reconstruction. /kloc-The historian Herculano in the 20th century denied the statement that Castro Blanco was Castro Blanco and Lousada (he didn't trust him), and called Herculano and others "impostors".

His argument is based on Ptolemy, a Greek geographer who placed Castro Leica in the special south of the first century AD.

However, Ptolemy's works were once considered to be flawed.

He also put Castro Leica on the land of Lusitania, near ru river.

Ptolemy started writing in Alexandria, Egypt, and never set foot in Lusitania. Even today, reading his works, some people suggest not to rely on his coordinates.

Rusada, highly respected by other contemporary historians all over Europe, was soon forgotten.

This is a big mistake.

Castela Luca's version didn't check whether the city was really a rebuilt ancient city, but was downgraded to a fairy tale, and opinions just diverged.

On the one hand, some scholars completely deny the story of Lusada and his Fort Ruka and know nothing about the meaning of this word. They were left behind, trying to make a new and plausible explanation for the ancient history of the city.

On the other hand, some ordinary albinos just continue to believe what they have always believed and make flawed arguments based on wrong assumptions.

If a place (in this case, Castelo Branco) is ancient, it must be Roman.

But if we look closely at this word, we will find that it is not Roman.

It is the romanization of Greek names.

Since the Romans never used Greek names, we must look for another possibility.

After Alexander the Great conquered Greece, Greek became the lingua franca, which means that the third and fourth centuries BC may be the era of Greek.

This is consistent with what Porfirio de Silva said. So, who is the founder? Who was in Iberia then? It can't be an indigenous Celtic tribe, because they live in Castro at the top of the mountain and rebuild their houses in Celtic Castro in Vigo (Galicia). (Version 2.0), who else is there in such an ancient era? Who will build a city? The important thing is, why? , the Greek writer diodoros (25.

10), when describing the Punic War between Carthaginians and Romans, refers to a city called Lycra, Achray (or Accra), which was built by the charming Carthaginian leader and the famous father of Hannibal.

Diodoros said it was a "very big city".

Alicante, a coastal city in eastern Spain, has always claimed to be the lost Lycra, Ackell.

However, most historians reject this statement as unfounded, because there is no archaeological evidence and the names are not similar.

We will soon see that it can't be Alicante because of some nationalities and events in Iberian geography.

So, how did Diodoros' so-called "very big city" disappear without a trace? Iberian ceramics.

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0), in their futile search for the missing Achray Lyoka and in fact the whole Carthaginians, historians have always known the whereabouts of a certain name.

The name is considered a tragic event-Hannibal's father, hamill Karbaka, was ambushed and killed.

He is the builder of this city.

Roman writer Levi (24.

43) linked Hamilkar's death to a place called Castren Album.

Historians know it must be nearby, because hamill Carr's heroic sacrifice was to save his children, Haas Druba and Hannibal, both teenagers, who arrived safely in nearby Lycra, Acre.

So, this album of Castro and Eickel Lycra is nearby. According to Sir william smith's Dictionary of Biographies and Myths of Greece and Rome (Part II, pages 329-330), Hamilkar came to Iberia to establish a "new empire" to make up for the losses in Sicily and Sardinia and provide wealth for Carthage. As another Portuguese historian from the Middle Ages, Emanuel Farias de Sousa, a member of the Christian Order, came from Spain and provided all the important details about Hamilkar's death, which will help to clarify this incident and make Alicante's statement impossible.

These details and other aspects can not only completely change our understanding of the Iberian history of Carthage, but also change Hannibal's own racial identity.

Because when some people say that Hannibal is black and others say that he is white, Freud tells us (in line with other ancient Iberian historians) that Hamilkar Barca married a Lusita woman as his bride and gave birth to her children.

She obviously came from Lisbon and Shekel in Carthage in 237-227 BC, and the description of the Carthaginian god Mecca (equivalent to Hercules) probably bears the characteristics of Karl Baka in hamill, who is hannibal barca's father.

Opposite is a man riding an elephant.

Hamill Carr's superiors in Carthage were obviously happy.

He is a bridge builder, and he won the indigenous tribes of the whole western Iberia by expressing friendship to Los Angeles.

As the indigenous tribe in Lusitania is Celtic, we find that Hannibal is Carthaginian, and from his mother's point of view, he is Celtic.

On the sea voyage back to Carthage, she began to work and the ship was forced to land in the Balearic Islands.

Hannibal lecter was born in Lusitania, Vermont, and his mother was his father.

0), hamill Karl died in the winter of 229-228 BC, so the whereabouts of the lost Achray Lycra are described in detail.

Hamill Carr was ambushed by Vettones, a powerful tribal alliance (cornelius Nipos confirmed this).

They come from Lusitania in western Iberia.

Carthaginians used to spend the winter in Lycra and Achray.

Hamill Carr's biggest ally is a tribal alliance called Seltik, which now lives in the south of Arante.

When they were attacked by Viton in the land of modern Arenzo, they were always near hamill Carr in eastern Andalusia.

Hamilkar demanded that they be allowed to return to their homes and defend their land and families. He came back with them. They beat the Spaniards? A Group of Celtic Sculptures of Villa —— The Bulls of Viteton and Gisando.

They are related to the territory of the Celtic tribe, which is called Vettones.

Around the second century BC.

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0), when Levy was in the position of the Castrum Album, hamill Carr was trapped and ambushed.

The truck loaded with wood was soaked with asphalt and then caught fire.

At first, the Africans who accompanied hamill Carr (Numidians who were mercenaries in the Carthaginian army) thought it was very interesting, but the Viton people rushed into the Carthaginian army, driving the carriage and being crazy.

Chaos followed.

Hamilkar realized the danger and knew it was a trap.

In order to make them recognize him, he took off his helmet to avoid their attack, and then rode south to the flooded river.

He did it to save his children.

He was hit by a javelin and drove the horse into the river, so that the veterinarian would never find his body.

The story of Hamilkar's death is quite consistent among all ancient writers, but slightly different.

According to Levy, it all happened in Caststrom's album.

Li Wei 24.

4 1 Latin describes the album Castrom as a "strong fortress".

The western Iberian ties between Carthaginians and Lusitania tribes are almost never recognized.

Maybe that's why Achray Lycra and Castren's albums have never been discovered. A careful analysis of these names will reveal complete harmony.

Akre Leuca means "white highland or cape".

"Castra Leuca" (Latin form of Greek) means Castelo Branco (Portuguese), and in Latin it is Castrum Album.

In fact, they are in the same place.

The Latin form of this name is particularly important because it has become a household name for everyone born in Blanco Castle.

They are Albee Castren, a name that has been shrouded in mystery and distance.

Lycra, Ackell, a powerful fortified city, was built on the mountain by Bassa, Hamilkar, as a military seminary for training and establishing the Carthaginian army, and was later used by the Romans (according to Levy) to store food.

Recent archaeological evidence confirms that in Hoplit, Carthage (sacred band, the end of 4th century BC) (CC BY-SA 3.

0) Sta Ana chapel.

There is a grain storage structure near Castelo Branco, which is more fully confirmed by archaeological and other evidence.

For hundreds of years, Phoenicians (the ancestors of Carthage) have been guarding their Ibero-Atlantic treasures in the west.

Permanent ports have been found at the estuaries of the Tejo, Guardiana and Mondego rivers.

These rivers were completely navigable in ancient times, and the Phoenicians used them to enter the present Portuguese inland.

They established a trade route through what is now the Bella region of Portugal.

Fred told us that around 550 BC, they turned to their Carthaginian compatriots for help to resist the threat of the powerful king Rusitan.

They brought Carthage to the north of Iberia.

In this way, the Carthaginians began to establish friendship with Celtic tribes in Lusitania, and also began to explore mineral resources in Bilas.

The people of Blanco Castro have always been called Albi Castro, although no one knows why.

They come from the album Castrom, whose full name is the Latin form of Achray Lycra.

Perhaps this is why Hannibal's names hamill Carr, Haas Druba and Hannibal remain to this day, and the statue of Hannibal (CC BY-SA 2.

5) And coins showing Hannibal's younger brother Haas Druba Baka.

(Public domain), the evidence of all this lies in the city itself.

As far as the whole urban structure is concerned, the characteristic winding streets, steep and narrow streets coming down from the top of the mountain, and houses with two doors next to a single door are all the same as those in ancient Carthage.

Blanco Castle is a city rebuilt on the ancient basis of Carthage, making it a unique city.

The architecture of Blanco Castle (photo: Tom Hamilton), the different architectural styles are obvious (upper left).

The original building was on the grass-roots level, with neat stone lines and temples rebuilt in a patchwork style.

They are building houses with stones around the destroyed city.

Please note that small stones are used to "repair" cracks, because many big stones are damaged, and it is impossible to determine where each stone originally came from.

Clear evidence of the original remains after reconstruction (upper right).

So Rusada is right and Kong is accurate.

(left) The beautiful Ardimodo Paco Arch.

The local bar "o relogio" is located on the first floor (in the middle).

(Right) One of the many arches is blocked.

(Photo: Tom Hamilton) These two arches are in the recently established museum.

The right arch is under the left arch.

They are built perpendicular to each other.

(Photo: Tom Hamilton), (left) This pair of arches can see Castro Blanco together.

(right) Arches on the wall of abandoned houses.

(Photo: Tom Hamilton) What we can see from the architectural technique of using arches in Blanco Castle is described by Apian, an ancient Carthaginian Roman writer in 200 BC.

He said that they built arches and vaults on a horizontal plane as part of the construction technology.

Unique, the arch in Castro Blanco mysteriously exists at all levels, and many buildings and ancient walls still exist.

These walls clearly show the reconstruction, which proves Lusada's statement and Vlad's words, the temple city.

A local construction worker told me that these arches seem to be used as a construction technique to increase the height of all buildings with more than one floor.

The arch is on the first floor, underground.

Map: Pre-Roman Iberia (through Tom Hamilton), Fred told us that in his History of Portugal (pages 25 and 9), Barcelona and Hamilca came to Lusitania to establish a military seminary.

Near the special river bank of Mount Bella Besa, it is strategically close to perfection, hidden in western Iberia and far from Rome.

Three local tribes, Lusitani, Setik and Witton, are located on this special island.

They will provide mercenaries, and together with the Numidians, they will form the backbone of the Carthaginian army-first in Karl, hamill, then in Haas Druba, and then in Hannibal.

De Souza and other ancient Portuguese historians tell us that they also came from the north (between Douro and Hao Ming), from Lisbon itself, and from the Turdetani tribe in the south.

Hannibal united all the Lusitania people and they accompanied him to Rome.

This explains why Hannibal took 10.

40,000 people and 37 elephants crossed the Alps to Rome, and inspired his army with the following words (Livy 2 1.

43): "Don't forget the futile years of chasing bison on the barren hills of Lusitania and Seltbia.

"barren hills" can only refer to the Beira Baisha area north of the mission.

It is dry here and the land is relatively barren. Arentjo Plain is located in the south of Tejo, and the fertile Gaduha Valley is located in the north. This is a famous cherry producing area.

From Hannibal's story, we can clearly see that all the soldiers came here from Beirabaisha. On the way across the Alps, they crossed the west Tiberias eastward and entered the Spanish land. Otherwise, such exhortation is meaningless. Like the Punic War, Achray Branco was a military training center designed and built according to Carthage, which was built by Alexander Iacov of Heibipu.

Dior Dorus tells us (Dior Dorus 25.

102) The elephant was kept in Lycra, Achray.

According to Appiah's description of ancient Carthage, there is an arched room in the basement with elephants (about 200 war elephants).

There are stables on the ground.

The Carthaginians used elephants as war tools in the war.

They are considered as African forest elephants, and there are about 2.

5 meters high, easier to train than their lobby brother. Although this is a controversial topic, Castro Blanco is famous as a "dungeon" because it is sometimes mentioned by local people.

There are tunnels, legends and basements.

The local city Council has closed these tunnels because they have become dangerous.

Recently, an underground tunnel was discovered in the process of building an underground parking lot.

(Photo: Tom Hamilton), [Part II coming soon], musician, composer and producer, Tom Hamilton is currently writing a book about the historic city of Castro Blanco.

His heroic album Lusitania was created to match the story of Ganquan. He is famous for his epic "Elephant Crossing the Alps".

Tom Hamilton, above: Stone sculptures by Barry slinger (public domain) and Castelo Branco (CC BY-SA 2.0). Deriv (derivative.

), by Tom G Hamilton (Tom G.

Tom Hamilton lives in the beautiful Loy.

This is the central border area, just north of the special river.

Musician, composer and producer, he spent several years studying the roots of the Celts. Read Mor.