The Centro Interpretativo do Tapete de Arraiolos – the Building Interpretive Center Arraiolos Carpet is one of the oldest and historic village of Arraiolos, having worked there the Holy Spirit Hospital since the late fifteenth century or early sixteenth century, the date is unknown needs of its construction. Situated in the city square, community center, […]
To highlight the Arraiolos carpets, with centuries of history, hand embroidery by generations of embroiderer, are part of the best known of Portugal crafts and is being prepared to stand for Heritage of Mankind. The Arraiolos carpets are wool carpets embroidered with the stitch with the same name, on a jute fabric, cotton or linen, […]
In a dominant position on the highest hill in the region, the castle housed originally in its walls the village that, developing, expanded by the North slope. It is said that this castle Vasco da Gama finalized the plans for your trip to India. At the time of the Christian reconquest of the Iberian peninsula, […]
The origins of Évora come from a distant past, prior even to the Romanization. However, it is after the reconquest that witnessed the growth in urban and monumental terms, which will lead, in the transition of the century. XVI, to be consider the 2nd city in the country, almost permanent residence of the court and beloved […]
This hill is one of the main sights of the city of Évora; on site, was implemented one of the oldest prehistoric villages. The Educational Project of Alto de São Bento (St. Benedict Hill), which includes the Museum Centre of Granite and the Museum Centre of Floristic.
The so-called Giraldo Castle is located in the parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in the municipality of Évora, Évora District, Portugal. The Castle of Giraldo is one of the few villages in the Alentejo known that confirmed an almost continuous occupation since the third by the end of the first millennium BC, with sporadic […]
Great menhir isolated, spatially related to the cromlech of Almendres. The Menhir Monte Almendres of Neolithic origin and about six thousand years is a great menhir isolated which is situated about two kilometers from Almendres Cromlech. The menhir, like the cromlech, located in Évora, in the Alentejo. The menhir, granite and about three feet tall, weighs […]
It is the most important cromelech known in the Iberian Peninsula, both with regard to the dimensions, as the condition. The monument is implanted in one of the highest points in the outskirts of Évora, exposed to the East, and seems to have played a pivotal role in the spatial distribution of the megalithic architecture […]
The Vendas (Sales) origin dates back to the creation of Posta Sul, by order of King John III. Then opened a path of Vila Galega(Galician village – Montijo) to Montemor to reduce the route and time of travel. It was in this way that the king had built an inn at the place where today is […]
