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Évora has a history dating back more than five millennia. It was known as Ebora by the Celtici, a tribal confederacy, south of the Lusitanians (and of Tagus river), who made the town their regional capital.
Évora District (Portuguese: Distrito de Évora ⓘ) is located in Alentejo, in southern Portugal. The district capital is the city of Évora. It borders ...
Location; Location: Évora, Portugal: Geographic coordinates ... It is part of the historical city centre, and the seat of the Archdiocese of Evora.
The temple is located in the central square of Évora, in what would have been the highest elevation of the city's acropolis. It is surrounded by religious buildings associated with the Inquisition in Portugal, including: the Sé Cathedral , the Palace of the Inquisitor, Palace of the Dukes of Cadaval , the Court of the Inquisition and, the ...
The Cromlech of the Almendres (Portuguese: Cromeleque dos Almendres/Cromeleque na Herdade dos Almendres) is a megalithic complex (commonly known as the Almendres Cromlech), located 4.5 road km WSW of the village of Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe, in the civil parish of Nossa Senhora da Tourega e Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe, municipality of Évora, in the Portuguese Alentejo.
The Capela dos Ossos was built by Franciscan friars. [when?] It is a church of bones. An estimated 5,000 corpses were exhumed to decorate the walls of the chapel. [1] The bones, which came from ordinary people who were buried in Évora's medieval cemeteries, were arranged by the Franciscans in a variety of patterns.
The Palace of the Dukes of Cadaval is located in Évora historic centre, in Portugal, next-door to the Lóios Convent and Church (today a remarkable Pousada) and facing the Roman Temple of Évora. It belongs to the Duke of Cadaval family, and today it has a harmonious architectural elements combination: Moorish ( Mudéjar ), Gothic and ...
Location; Country: Portugal: Ecclesiastical province: Évora: Statistics; Area: 13,547 km 2 (5,231 sq mi) Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2006) 290,000 245,900 (84.8%) Information; Denomination: Roman Catholic: Rite: Latin Rite: Established: 4th century (As Diocese of Évora) 24 September 1540 (As Archdiocese of Évora) Cathedral