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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 670 metres southeast of Fonte da Pedra.

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 2 km south of Fonte da Pedra.

British Cemetery, Elvas

Cemetery

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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 2 km south of Fonte da Pedra.

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Elvas

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Elvas is a city of 23,000 people in the Alentejo region of Portugal. Elvas is among the finest examples of intensive usage of the trace italienne in military architecture.

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