Porta do Dragão

Porta do Dragão is a sally port in Caia, São Pedro e Alcáçova, Elvas, Portalegre District. Porta do Dragão is situated nearby to the historic site Revelim das Salvas, as well as near Reduto Central.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nossa Senhora da Graça Fort and Castle of Elvas.

Nossa Senhora da Graça Fort

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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. Nossa Senhora da Graça Fort is situated 120 metres north of Porta do Dragão.

Castle of Elvas

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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 Porta do Dragão.