Historic Centre of Évora

União das Freguesias de Évora (São Mamede, Sé, São Pedro e Santo Antão) · Portugal

Historic Centre of Évora, Portugal
Photo: Paolo Querci, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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May–September
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Évora wears its centuries lightly: a Roman temple in the square, whitewashed lanes trimmed with azulejo tiles and wrought-iron balconies from the 16th to 18th centuries, and the calm of a town that hosted Portugal's kings in its 15th-century golden age. The architecture bred here travelled far — its influence marks Portuguese building across Brazil. UNESCO inscribed the historic centre in 1986.

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