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Elvas (other)
Elvas may refer to : * Elvas, Portugal, a municipality in Portugal. * the former Diocese of Elvas, a historical bishopric (1571-1882), now a Latin titular see. * Castle of Elvas (known as Castelo de Elvas in Portuguese), a Portuguese castle. * Rádio Elvas, Alto Alentejo's Local radiostation, Portugal. * Elvas River, a river of Minas Gerais state in southeastern Brazil. * O Elvas C.A.D., a football club based in Portalegre, Alentejo. * Cancioneiro de Elvas (in English: Elvas Songbook), one of the four Renaissance songbooks of Portuguese music from the 16th century * Battle of the Lines of Elvas, was fought on 14 January 1659, in Elvas, between Portugal and Spain. * Treaty of Elvas * Elvas Freeway See also * Elva (other) {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvas, Portugal
Elvas () is a Portuguese municipality, former episcopal city and frontier fortress of easternmost central Portugal, located in the district of Portalegre in Alentejo. It is situated about east of Lisbon, and about west of the Spanish fortress of Badajoz, by the Madrid-Badajoz-Lisbon railway. The municipality population was 23,078, in an area of . The city itself had a population of 16,640 . Elvas is among the finest examples of intensive usage of the ''trace italienne'' (star fort) in military architecture, and has been a World Heritage Site since 30June 2012. The inscribed site name is Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications. History Elvas lies on a hill northwest of the Guadiana river. The Amoreira Aqueduct long supplies the city with pure water; it was begun early in the 15th century and completed in 1622. For some distance it includes four tiers of superimposed arches, with a total height of . It was wrested from the Moors by Afonso I of Portugal in 1166 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
