Castle of Elvas
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: building in Elvas, Portalegre District, Portugal
- Also known as: “Castelo de Elvas” and “Castelo De Elvas”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of Santa Maria de Alcáçova and British Cemetery, Elvas.
Church of Santa Maria de Alcáçova
Church
Photo: LuisLC85, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of Santa Maria de Alcáçova is situated 110 metres south of Castle of Elvas.
British Cemetery, Elvas
Cemetery
Photo: Sarah Strother King, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The British Cemetery at Elvas, Portugal is one of the oldest British Military Cemeteries in existence. It holds only five known graves but two of these are the only marked graves of the thousands of British soldiers who fell at the Battle of Albuera and another is the sole marked grave of the thousands who fell in the three sieges of Badajoz. British Cemetery, Elvas is situated 150 metres east of Castle of Elvas.
Pelourinho de Elvas
Photo: Hellen Stevens, CC BY 2.0.
Pelourinho de Elvas is situated 200 metres southwest of Castle of Elvas.
Castle of Elvas
- Categories: castle, cultural heritage, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Caia, São Pedro e Alcáçova, Elvas, Portalegre District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.88347° or 38° 53′ 1″ northLongitude
-7.16315° or 7° 9′ 47″ westElevation
345 metres (1,132 feet)Inception
1229Open location code
8CCJVRMP+9POpenStreetMap ID
way 1343179710OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Castle of Elvas” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Elvasko gaztelua”
- Chinese: “埃尔瓦什城堡”
- Chinese: “埃爾瓦什城堡”
- French: “château d’Elvas”
- French: “Château d’Elvas”
- Galician: “Castelo de Elvas”
- Georgian: “ელვაშის ციხესიმაგრე”
- Japanese: “エルヴァシュ城”
- Mingrelian: “ელვაშიშ ჯიხაზურგა”
- Polish: “Zamek w Elvas”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Elvas”
- Portuguese: “Muralhas Fernandinas de Elvas”
- Russian: “Замок Элваш”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Elvas”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Елваш”
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