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EXPERIENCE Alentejo

Sitting in the plant-lined
Praça do Giraldo, Évora’s
expansive main square

1 8 Aqueducto da
Água de Prata
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Rising out of the Alentejan plain is the enchanting O
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walled city of Évora. The town rose to prominence O A L V A D O R
under the Romans and flourished throughout the D E
Middle Ages as a centre of learning and the arts. D
Students throng Évora’s streets, joined by visitors who E U
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come to discover its many historical sites and enjoy
the atmosphere of the old town, with its evocatively 9 Walls
named streets, including the Alley of the Unshaven R U A N O V A
Man and Street of the Countess’s Tailor.

Apostles. The 18th-century
1 " high altar and marble chancel P R A Ç A D O
Sé are by J F Ludwig, the architect G I R A L D O
of the Palácio de Mafra (p156),
⌂ Largo do Marquês de while a Renaissance portal The historic centre
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# Daily (museum: Tue–Sun) in the north transept is by of Évora around the
Nicolau Chanterène. In the Roman temple and Sé
Although building began in cloisters, which date from
1186, and it was consecrated about 1325, statues of the
in 1204, the granite cathedral Apostles stand watch at
of Santa Maria was completed each corner.
in 1250. Romanesque melds A glittering treasury Did You Know?
with Gothic in this castle-like houses sacred art. The most
cathedral whose towers, one intriguing exhibit here is a The Roman temple has
turreted, one topped by a 13th-century ivory Virgin been used as an
blue cone, give the façade an whose body opens out to armoury, theatre and
odd asymmetry. Flanking the be come a triptych of tiny slaughterhouse.
portal between them are carved scenes: her life in
superb 14th-century sculpted nine episodes.
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