Santiago do Escoural
Santiago do Escoural, also referred to simply as Escoural, is a civil parish in the municipality of Montemor-o-Novo, in the district of Èvora, Portugal.Photo: Hipersyl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Escoural Cave and Dolmen-Chapel of São Brissos.
Escoural Cave
Cave
Photo: JMiguelSoares, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Prehistoric Rock-Art Site of Escoural Cave is a structure known for its Paleolithic-era rock-art and funerary burial site, located in the Portuguese municipality of Montemor-o-Novo, in the civil parish of Santiago do Escoural. Escoural Cave is situated 2½ km east of Santiago do Escoural.
Dolmen-Chapel of São Brissos
Church
Photo: CorreiaPM, Public domain.
The Dolmen-Chapel of São Brissos is a small chapel located in the parish of Santiago do Escoural in the municipality of Montemor-o-Novo in Portugal. It consists of the conversion of a prehistoric tomb into a Christian cult building. Dolmen-Chapel of São Brissos is situated 4 km southeast of Santiago do Escoural.
Santiago do Escoural
- Type: Town with 807 residents
- Description: town and civil parish in Montemor-o-Novo
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Santiago do Escoural, Montemor-o-Novo Municipality, Évora District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.54176° or 38° 32′ 30″ northLongitude
-8.16797° or 8° 10′ 5″ westPopulation
807Elevation
255 metres (837 feet)Open location code
8CCHGRRJ+PROpenStreetMap ID
node 371590014OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2268525Wikidata ID
Q1019140
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Santiago do Escoural” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Santiago do Escoural”
- Cebuano: “Escoural”
- Cebuano: “Santiago do Escoural”
- Chinese: “Santiago do Escoural”
- Dutch: “Santiago do Escoural”
- French: “Santiago do Escoural”
- German: “Santiago do Escoural”
- Irish: “Santiago do Escoural”
- Italian: “Santiago do Escoural”
- Malay: “Escoural”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Santiago do Escoural”
- Portuguese: “Escoural”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia de Santiago do Escoural”
- Portuguese: “Santiago do Escoural (freguesia)”
- Portuguese: “Santiago do Escoural”
- Russian: “Сантьягу-ду-Эшкорал”
- Spanish: “Santiago do Escoural”
- Turkish: “Santiago do Escoural”
- Turkish: “Santo Adriao”
- “Santiago do Escoural”
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