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Overview:
Evora, Portugal, city, southern
Portugal, capital of Evora District, near Lisbon. Evora is the
center of an agricultural and mining area, the chief products of
which are cork, marble, asbestos, and copper and iron; mules are
also raised extensively. Among the buildings in the city are the
former palace of the archbishops, now the regional museum; the
cathedral, dating from 1186, of Romanesque design until
reconstructed in Gothic style in the 15th century; and an early
16th-century church of Moorish and Gothic design. The city also
has architectural remains from Roman times. Evora became a Roman
military outpost in 80 BC and a bishopric in the 5th century AD.
It was taken by the Moors about 712 and ultimately recovered by
the Christians in 1166. Population (1981) 34,851.
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