Nov

A city that fascinates Évora - Portugal

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Before being what it is today, a number of lives and reincarnations of Évora. She was Ebora, headquarters of the Lusitanian court, under the umbrella of Sertorius. It was the second city of Roman Hispania, and was the political capital of the kingdom, and Renaissance Portuguese cultural center.

It is now considered one of the best cities to live in Portugal. It is easy to understand the reasons: the attitude assumed capital of the plain, Évora can join with the calmness Alentejo urban dynamism.

Not only in regards to tourism. See, eg trade, with new concepts that have emerged from the glamor of cork Mont'Sobro the project gourmet Good Boca. Or repair, on the other hand, in culture: the city has at least six theater companies, three other puppet and a contemporary dance, as well as other institutions, with the multifaceted Foundation Eugenio de Almeida in front .

Centuries intersect, sometimes unexpectedly, in the streets of the historic center. The ultra rigid and detailed itineraries are dispensing. To begin to explore it enough reference points: the Giraldo Square, the Cathedral, the Roman Temple of Évora, the Church of San Francisco and the Chapel of Bones. From there, Évora are alleys, bars and four thousand listed buildings, including palaces, churches and convents, but mostly modest houses that make up the harmonious whole history of your square kilometer of the citadel.

The Roman Temple of Évora also called Temple of Diana, is a temple of the Corinthian style, built in the early first century AD
It is what remains of the forum of the city of Évora and was dedicated to the imperial cult, contrary to what comes to us by popular tradition, which identified him as being dedicated to Diana, Roman goddess of hunting.

The temple, built in marble and granite, is surrounded by Corinthian columns placed on a podium which is almost complete. The columns of the facade completely disappeared, leaving six in the rear and some of the side.
Undergone several changes over the centuries, beginning in the fifth century with the barbarian invasions and continued by the fourteenth century when it served as home to the strong castle of the city.

In the second half of the nineteenth century, the outbuildings were demolished and has been a large restore operation, restoring the original layout of the temple.
In the twentieth century, new campaigns of excavations allowed to find traces of a doorway and the mirror of water that surrounded him.

The sum it all, Evora had the privilege to see him given the seal of World Heritage by UNESCO.

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