Évora

Évora is a city and a municipality in the district of Évora, in the region of southern . Due to its well-preserved old town centre, still partially enclosed by medieval walls, and many monuments dating from various historical periods, including a Roman temple, Évora is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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  • Type: City with 40,500 residents
  • Description: municipality in Portugal
  • Also known as: “Evora” and “Évora Municipality”
  • Historically known as: “Aebura”, “Ebora”, “Elbora”, “Erbora”, and “Yabura/Yabora/Yabra”
  • Neighbors: , , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chapel of Bones and Roman Temple of Évora.

Museum
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The Capela dos Ossos is one of the best-known monuments in Évora, Portugal. It is a small interior chapel located next to the entrance of the .

Temple
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The , also referred to as the Templo de Diana is an ancient temple in the city of Évora. The temple is part of the historical centre of the city, which was included in the classification by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

Museum
Photo: Imehling, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , also known as the Royal Palace of São Francisco and the Palace of King Manuel I, is a former royal residence of the Kings of Portugal, in Évora, the capital of Alentejo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Canaviais.

Village
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is a village.

Évora

Latitude
38.5708° or 38° 34′ 15″ north
Longitude
-7.9093° or 7° 54′ 33″ west
Population
40,500
Elevation
242 metres (794 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PT EVR
Open location code
8CCJH3CR+87
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25254928
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2268406
Wiki­data ID
Q179948
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Wu Chinese—“Évora” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ኢቮራ”
  • Arabic: “إيفورا”
  • Arabic: “يابرة”
  • Arabic: “يبورة”
  • Aragonese: “Evora”
  • Aragonese: “Évora”
  • Armenian: “Էվորա”
  • Asturian: “Évora”
  • Azerbaijani: “Evora”
  • Basque: “Evora”
  • Basque: “Évora”
  • Belarusian: “Эвара”
  • Bengali: “এভোরা”
  • Breton: “Évora”
  • Burmese: “အယ်ဗိုရာမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Evora”
  • Catalan: “Évora”
  • Catalan: “Èvora”
  • Catalan: “Yabura”
  • Cebuano: “Évora (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Évora”
  • Chechen: “Эвора”
  • Chinese: “Évora”
  • Chinese: “埃武拉”
  • Croatian: “Évora”
  • Czech: “Évora”
  • Danish: “Evora”
  • Danish: “Évora”
  • Dutch: “Evora (stad)”
  • Dutch: “Évora”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “يابره”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Évora”
  • Esperanto: “Eboro”
  • Esperanto: “Evora”
  • Esperanto: “Évora”
  • Estonian: “Évora”
  • Extremaduran: “Évora”
  • Finnish: “Evora”
  • Finnish: “Évora”
  • French: “Ebora Cerealis”
  • French: “Ebora”
  • French: “Evora”
  • French: “Évora”
  • Galician: “Évora”
  • Georgian: “ევორა”
  • German: “Evora”
  • German: “Évora”
  • German: “Historisches Zentrum von Évora”
  • Greek: “Έβορα”
  • Gujarati: “એવૉરા”
  • Hausa: “Evora”
  • Hebrew: “אבורה”
  • Hindi: “एवोरा”
  • Hungarian: “Évora”
  • Icelandic: “Évora”
  • Indonesian: “Evora”
  • Indonesian: “Évora”
  • Irish: “Évora”
  • Italian: “Evora”
  • Italian: “Évora”
  • Japanese: “エヴォラ”
  • Japanese: “エヴォラ歴史地区”
  • Japanese: “エボラ”
  • Javanese: “Evora”
  • Javanese: “Évora”
  • Kannada: “ಎವೊರಾ”
  • Kazakh: “Эвора”
  • Kirghiz: “Эвора”
  • Korean: “에보라”
  • Latin: “Ebora”
  • Latvian: “Evora”
  • Lithuanian: “Evora”
  • Lombard: “Évora”
  • Malay: “Evora”
  • Malay: “Évora”
  • Maltese: “Evora”
  • Maltese: “Évora”
  • Marathi: “एव्होरा”
  • Mazanderani: “اوورا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Évora”
  • Mingrelian: “ევორა”
  • Mirandese: “Ébora”
  • Mirandese: “Évora”
  • Moksha: “Эвура”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Évora”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Évora”
  • Norwegian: “Évora”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Évora”
  • Oromo: “Evora”
  • Ossetian: “Эворæ”
  • Panjabi: “ਈਵੋਰਾ”
  • Persian: “اووا”
  • Persian: “اوورا”
  • Polish: “Ebora”
  • Polish: “Evora”
  • Polish: “Évora”
  • Portuguese: “Eborense”
  • Portuguese: “Evora”
  • Portuguese: “Évora”
  • Portuguese: “Município de Évora”
  • Pushto: “ایووارا”
  • Romanian: “Evora”
  • Romanian: “Évora”
  • Russian: “Эвора”
  • Scots: “Évora”
  • Serbian: “Evora”
  • Serbian: “Évora”
  • Serbian: “Евора”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Evora”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Évora”
  • Sinhala: “එවොරා”
  • Slovak: “Évora”
  • Slovenian: “Évora”
  • Somali: “Evora”
  • Spanish: “Evora”
  • Spanish: “Évora”
  • Swahili: “Evora”
  • Swedish: “Evora”
  • Swedish: “Évora”
  • Tajik: “Эвора”
  • Tamil: “எவ்வொரா நகரம்”
  • Tatar: “Эвора”
  • Tatar: “Эвура”
  • Telugu: “ఎవోరా”
  • Thai: “แอวูรา”
  • Turkish: “Évora”
  • Ukrainian: “Евора”
  • Urdu: “ایورا”
  • Urdu: “ایووارا”
  • Uzbek: “Evora”
  • Vietnamese: “Évora”
  • Volapük: “Évora”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Évora”
  • Western Armenian: “Էւորա”
  • Western Panjabi: “ایوورا”
  • Wu Chinese: “埃武拉”
  • “Évora”

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