It is one of four gates that provide access to the walled interior of Monsaraz Castle. Each gate is composed of granite, red clay mortar, and lime. The scenic effect they create is admirable, as this one is carved in a round arch. It has been subject to successive renovations for its preservation.
This is an ancient medieval door rebuilt in 1804. On the “inside” of the city, it is a white portal with yellow outline, and “outside” it is a stone portal, Manueline style. It is one of the doors of the city of Évora.
This arch is the best kept structure of the ancient Coimbra’s wall, which corresponded to the main entrance in the city during the Islamic period. On the arch is the sculpture of our Lady, the national arms and the symbol of the city foundation.
Arched door broken by a tombstone framed with the cross of Christ and corners. It has three battlements and still has the coving boxes and the lock holes.
Door was built in the reign of Dom Pedro II, then King of Portugal and the Algarve, to symbolize, as can be read in the inscription, the entry of so many triumphs of the Portuguese and spoils taken the Spanish with the help of God and of His Pure Mother.
