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Évora

In the destination Évora and the Alentejo.

In the photo: Templo Romano de Évora

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The city

What to expect from Évora.

Alentejo walled city with a historic center listed as a World Heritage site since 1986. Within a few blocks are the Templo Romano, the Sé, the Capela dos Ossos, the Praça do Giraldo and the Universidade, founded in 1559. About 15 km away, the Cromeleque dos Almendres gathers dozens of prehistoric menhirs.

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The local experience

What to see in Évora

Monument

Templo Romano de Évora

1st-century Roman temple, with Corinthian granite columns and marble capitals, at the highest point of the city. It is one of the best-preserved Roman monuments on the Iberian Peninsula.

Cathedral

Sé de Évora

Gothic cathedral of the 12th and 13th centuries, the largest medieval cathedral in Portugal, with a cloister, a museum of sacred art and a rooftop terrace overlooking the city and the plain.

Church

Capela dos Ossos

17th-century chapel in the Igreja de São Francisco whose walls and columns are covered with human bones and skulls, with the inscription: Nós ossos que aqui estamos pelos vossos esperamos.

Square

Praça do Giraldo

Évora's central square, with arcades, the 1571 marble fountain and the Igreja de Santo Antão, a meeting point in the city and the starting point for the central streets.

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University

Universidade de Évora

Former Jesuit college founded in 1559, with a Renaissance cloister and classrooms lined with 18th-century tiles. It still operates as a university and can be visited.

Archaeological site

Cromeleque dos Almendres

A group of about 95 granite menhirs erected thousands of years ago on a hillside among cork oaks, about 15 km from Évora. It is one of the largest megalithic enclosures on the Iberian Peninsula.

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Rotas entre países

Évora is part of the Lisboa–Évora–Mérida–Cáceres–Madri by car

By car between the peninsula's two capitals: Évora's Alentejo, Roman Mérida and medieval Cáceres on the route from Lisboa to Madri.

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