Elvas

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Elvas is a historic fortified city in eastern Portugal, near the Spanish border, renowned for its extensive star-shaped fortifications and aqueduct, both recognized as UNESCO World Heritage sites.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
fortified city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
administrativeTerritoryOf Parish of Assunção, Ajuda, Salvador e Santo Ildefonso ⓘ
Parish of Caia, São Pedro e Alcáçova ⓘ
Parish of Santa Eulália ⓘ
Parish of São Brás e São Lourenço ⓘ
Parish of Terrugem ⓘ
Parish of Vila Boim ⓘ
borderWith Spain ⓘ
coordinateLocation 38.881°N 7.162°W ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
distanceTo Badajoz ~20 km ⓘ
Lisbon ~200 km east ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel ~310 metres ⓘ
hasCityStatus yes ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
hasPart Amoreira Aqueduct ⓘ
Forte da Graça ⓘ
Forte de Santa Luzia ⓘ
bastions and ravelins ⓘ
city walls of Elvas ⓘ
heritageCriteria UNESCO criteria (iii) ⓘ
UNESCO criteria (iv) ⓘ
heritageDesignationAppliesTo Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications ⓘ
historicalRole key fortress in the Portuguese–Spanish border defenses ⓘ
knownFor Amoreira Aqueduct ⓘ
extensive star-shaped fortifications ⓘ
historic military architecture ⓘ
languageUsed Portuguese ⓘ
locatedIn Alentejo region ⓘ
linked to: Alentejo

Portalegre District ⓘ
eastern Portugal ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Western European Time ⓘ
locatedNear Spanish border ⓘ
nearbyCity Badajoz ⓘ
notableFor preserved early modern fortification system ⓘ
observesDaylightSavingTime Western European Summer Time ⓘ
partOf Alto Alentejo subregion ⓘ
linked to: Alto Alentejo

Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications World Heritage property ⓘ
regionType border town ⓘ
transportConnection A6 motorway ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2012 ⓘ
usedFor military garrison ⓘ

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Referenced by (44)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alentejo → containsCity → Elvas ⓘ
Vila Viçosa → near → Elvas ⓘ
Alto Alentejo → contains → Elvas Municipality ⓘ
linked to: Elvas
Alto Alentejo → hasTown → Elvas ⓘ
Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications → hasPart → historic walled town of Elvas ⓘ
linked to: Elvas
Vila Viçosa → near → Elvas ⓘ
subject linked to: Vila Viçosa, Portugal
Borba → locatedNear → Elvas ⓘ
Parish of Assunção, Ajuda, Salvador e Santo Ildefonso → formedByMergerOf → Santo Ildefonso (Elvas) ⓘ
linked to: Elvas
Parish of Assunção, Ajuda, Salvador e Santo Ildefonso → partOf → city of Elvas ⓘ
linked to: Elvas
Parish of Assunção, Ajuda, Salvador e Santo Ildefonso → containsPartOf → fortified city of Elvas ⓘ
linked to: Elvas
Parish of Santa Eulália → roadAccessTo → city of Elvas ⓘ
linked to: Elvas
Forte da Graça → locatedIn → Elvas ⓘ