Evora Portugal photo essay

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What does Obelix from the French comic books have to do with Évora? He's a menhir sculptor, that's what, and just outside the Portuguese town is a megalithic ceremonial site with 95 of these giant stone pillars. As Asterix fans know, Obelix's superhuman strength had him habitually carrying a menhir around on his back. But Old Town Évora is so much more than cromlechs and menhirs…

What does Obelix from the French comic books have to do with Évora? He’s a menhir sculptor, that’s what, and just outside the Portuguese town is a megalithic ceremonial site with 95 of these giant stone pillars. As Asterix fans know, Obelix’s superhuman strength had him habitually carrying a menhir around on his back. But the old town of Évora with its massive stone ramparts is so much more than cromlechs and menhirs: you’ll find Roman temple ruins; Medieval convents, churches and cathedrals with their countless saints and Santa Marias; Manueline curves and curlicues in Moor and Gothic-inspired arches; a 16th-century aqueduct running from the Old Town into the countryside. And then there’s that sublime modern Portuguese cuisine with its sautéed tomatoes and olives and superb Douro Valley wines, most notably at our pared-back shades-of-grey Vitória Stone Hotel.

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