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Castelo de Évoramonte
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Rua da Convenção, 6
7100-314, Estremoz
The castle sits atop a steep hill at the western edge of the Ossa mountain range. The original fortification still includes the wall and gates from the reign of King Dinis. Within the walls, the highlight is the Paço de Homnagem (Homage Palace), which, along with the keep, forms a vast, regular quadrilateral. The palace's design is inspired by Italian Renaissance palaces.
Antiga Igreja e Convento das Maltesas
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Rossio Marquês de Pombal
7100-513, Estremoz
A building comprising a church, cloister, and convent area. This former mansion house was a convent for Maltese nuns and a hospital of mercy. It currently serves as a church and is one of the campuses of the University of Évora.
Castelo de Estremoz
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Largo de Dom Diniz
7100-555, Estremoz
A pentagonal castle with a wall reinforced by turreted buttresses. The walled enclosure of the ancient citadel rises around the 27-meter-high white marble keep. Beyond the medieval wall, the town boasts a vast expanse of Restoration War-era fortifications, with crenellated towers and two round-arched gates. Near one of the gates is a rectangular tower in the Roman-Gothic style with several windows. The royal palace, restored by King João V, is located on the outskirts of the castle.
Castelo de Veiros
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Rua Nova
7100-708, Estremoz
La fortificación medieval se conserva en su forma original, flanqueada por torres redondas y varias puertas medievales. Durante la Guerra de la Restauración de 1662, el Marqués de Caracena destruyó la torre del homenaje.
Igreja do Convento de São Francisco
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Largo dos Combatentes da Grande Guerra
7100-111, Estremoz
The transept has an elongated rectangular floor plan, with the Latin cross-shaped transept. All that remains of the transept is the polygonal apse on the south side. The façade is divided into two sections and topped by a triangular pediment with an undulating cornice on the sides. Notable is the architrave divided by three wide pilasters, with rectangular windows with a triangular cornice on the upper section and similar porticoes on the ground floor. Inside, the nave has five sections, separated from the galleries by solid ashlar walls, punctuated by tall, pointed-arched openings with two archivolts. Notable on the gallery's …
Capela de Nossa Senhora dos Mártires
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Mártires
7100-148, Estremoz
A 14th-century Gothic temple with flying buttresses and a porch. Its floor plan consists of a horizontal articulation of the apse with the nave, built entirely of finely cut marble ashlar, with a nave covered by a gable roof supported by flying buttresses with a pendentive cornice and a perfect arch span. The portico stands out, a simple pointed-arch span framed in beveled ashlar, flanked by tiled wainscoting. Also worthy of special attention is the apse with a polygonal front of two bays marked by buttresses, which also finish the radial axes. The interior is lined with 18th-century historiated tiles.
Alentejo à Mesa
- food & drink
Rua Brito Capelo - Pateo dos Solares Charm Hotel
7100-562, Estremoz
Inserido no Pateo dos Solares Charm Hotel, este restaurante oferece uma seleção de pratos de degustação, perfeitos para experimentar e petiscar os vários sabores alentejanos.
Alecrim
- food & drink
Rossio Marquês de Pombal, 31-32
7100-106, Estremoz
Restaurante tipicamente português a servir bons petiscos.
Museu Municipal Prof. Joaquim Vermelho
- heritage
Largo Dom Dinis
7100-509, Estremoz
Permanent exhibition of archaeological findings, clay objects and ethnographic elements.
Casa do Gadanha
- food & drink
Rua da Vasco da Gama, 4
7100-559, Estremoz
Rrstaurante intimista, inserido no alojamento com o mesmo nome, a servir um interessante menu com pratos para partilhar e dois menus de degustação.