Nossa Senhora da Graça Fort
The Nossa Senhora da Graça Fort, officially Conde de Lippe Fort and known historically as La Lippe, is a fort in the village of Alcáçova, about 1 kilometre north of the town of Elvas in the Portalegre District of Portugal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: Monday closed
- Email: forte.graca@cm-elvas.pt
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: building in Elvas, Portalegre District, Portugal
- Address: Estrada Nacional 264, Elvas, 7350-410
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Castle of Elvas and Museu Militar de Elvas.
Castle of Elvas
Photo: Nmmacedo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Castle of Elvas is a medieval military fortification in Portugal, in the civil parish of Alcáçova, municipality of Elvas, part of a first line of defense in the Portuguese Alentejo, in conjunction with the military forts of Ouguela, Campo Maior, Olivença and Juromenha. Castle of Elvas is situated 1¼ km south of Nossa Senhora da Graça Fort.
Museu Militar de Elvas
Museum
Photo: Adolfobrigido, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museu Militar de Elvas is situated 1½ km south of Nossa Senhora da Graça Fort.
Church of Santa Maria de Alcáçova
Church
Photo: LuisLC85, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of Santa Maria de Alcáçova is situated 1½ km south of Nossa Senhora da Graça Fort.
Nossa Senhora da Graça Fort
- Categories: fort, archaeological site, cultural heritage, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Caia, São Pedro e Alcáçova, Elvas, Portalegre District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.89495° or 38° 53′ 42″ northLongitude
-7.16438° or 7° 9′ 52″ westElevation
397 metres (1,302 feet)Inception
1792Operator
Câmara Municipal de Elvas, auto de cedência e aceitação de 26 novembro 2013Open location code
8CCJVRVP+X6OpenStreetMap ID
way 157031848OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
11874532Wikidata ID
Q10283837
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Nossa Senhora da Graça Fort” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Fort de Nossa Senhora da Graça”
- Chinese: “格拉薩聖母堡”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن سيدة النعمه”
- French: “fort de Nossa Senhora da Graça”
- French: “Fort de Nossa Senhora da Graça”
- German: “Conde De Lippe Fort”
- German: “Forte De Nossa Senhora Da Graça”
- German: “Nossa Senhora da Graça Fort”
- Japanese: “グラーサ要塞”
- Japanese: “グラサ要塞”
- Portuguese: “Forte conde de lippe”
- Portuguese: “Forte Conde de Lippe”
- Portuguese: “Forte da graça”
- Portuguese: “Forte da Graça”
- Portuguese: “Forte de lippe”
- Portuguese: “Forte de Lippe”
- Portuguese: “Forte de Nossa Senhora da Graca”
- Portuguese: “Forte de Nossa Senhora da Graça”
- Russian: “Носса-Сеньора-да-Граса”
- Spanish: “Fuerte de Nuestra Señora de Gracia”
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