Theme Week Alentejo – Elvas
Friday, 24 February 2023 - 12:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General , UNESCO World Heritage
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Elvas is a Portuguese municipality, former episcopal city and frontier fortress of easternmost central Portugal, located in the district of
Portalegre in
Alentejo . It is situated about 200 kilometres (120 mi) east of
Lisbon , and about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of the Spanish fortress of
Badajoz , by the
Madrid –
Badajoz –
Lisbon railway. The municipality population as of 2011 in an area of 631.29 square kilometres (243.74 sq mi). The city itself had a population of 16,640 as of 2011.
Elvas is among the finest examples of intensive usage of the trace italienne (star fort ) in military architecture, and has been a World Heritage Site since 30 June 2012. The inscribed site name is Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications .
Door of the Conception and Chapel of Our Lady of the Conception © Alvesgaspar/cc-by-sa-4.0
The site, extensively fortified from the 17th to 19th centuries, represents the largest bulwarked dry ditch system in the world. Within its walls, the town contains
barracks and other military buildings as well as
churches and
monasteries . While Elvas contains remains dating back to the 10th century, its fortification began during the
Portuguese Restoration War . The fortifications played a major role in the
Battle of the Lines of Elvas in 1659. The fortifications were designed by
Dutch Jesuit Padre João Piscásio Cosmander and represent the best surviving example of the Dutch school of fortifications anywhere. The site consists the following:
Amoreira Aqueduct , built to withstand long sieges.Historic Centre
Fort of Santa Luzia and the covered way
Nossa Senhora da Graça Fort Fortlet of São Mamede
Fortlet of São Pedro
Fortlet of São Domingos
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