Évora Local Customs

  • Capela dos Ossos (Evora, Portugal)
      Capela dos Ossos (Evora, Portugal)
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  • Events&Street Activities, Évora

    1. Events&Street Activities

    5th June 2003 on the Largo Luis de Camoes. From June the 3rd to the 8th it took place in Evora the BIME-Bienal International Marioneta of Evora. Only puppet show and related arts. Puppet manipulators:...   more
  • Street scenes, Évora

    2. Street scenes

    Don't be alarmed if you are stepping out from a restaurant or bar onto one of Evora's small, cobblestoned streets and suddenly you are confronted by a group of black-caped individuals. No, they are...   more
  • People, Évora

    3. People

    After a long day's drive north from the southern Algarve coast, followed by a hot afternoon walking the busy streets of Evora, my wife and I were enjoying a relaxing sitdown in our cool ground floor...   more
  • Main Square Activities -Praça do Girlado, Évora

    4. Main Square Activities -Praça do Girlado

    ok, now I know this looks like in a movie. but every now and then the National Portuguese bank here in Evora needs to fill in with cash. So here's all the action you can actually see on the street in...   more
  • Street and house decoration, Évora

    5. Street and house decoration

    It was a surprise for me to see these wonderful tiles, that are used in order to indicate the streets-names. You will find them mostly in the old part of Evora, within the medieval...   more
  • Art-General, Évora

    6. Art-General

    Near Évora there is a small town called Estremoz. Estremoz is famous nationwide and also in other countries due to its white marble – it is called the “white gold of Estremoz”. I’ve read that...   more
  • the idea of the Bones church, Évora

    7. the idea of the Bones church

    Franciscan monks always had a look at the death that differs a lot from others and you will find some special ways to bury dead bodies in franciscan churches...   more
  • We, the bones of here are waiting for your bones, Évora

    8. We, the bones of here are waiting for your bones

    We, the bones that are here are waiting for your bones is written at the entrance of the bonechurch in Evora in latin letters (nos ossos que aqui estamos delos...   more
  • Capela dos Ossos/Chapel of Bones, Évora

    9. Capela dos Ossos/Chapel of Bones

    “Nos ossos que aqui estamos pelos vossos esperamos” = "Our bones that are here, wait for yours" (no need to comment).   more
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