Saturday 12th April 2025.
The first aire we stopped at here looked a little unkempt so we moved on to a larger spot outside one of the main entrances to the city. We were sharing the huge parking area with a visiting circus.
We are parked next to a war memorial showing Portugals involvement in wars in places like Africa.
Evora is a city with Roman, medieval and 17th century architecture. In 1559 the Jesuits founded a university which flourished for 200 years until 1759 when the Jesuits were banished, it was later re opened and is now a flourishing university. It is a city popular with tourists and its religious dedication is reflected in the variety of churches, over 20 churches and monasteries including “ a grisly chapel of bones”.
SAO FRANCISCO.
The principal attraction of this 15th century church is its Capela dos Ossos a gruesome chapel of bones created in the 17th century from the remains of 5,ooo monks.
Sao Francisco Church.
We arrived back at Homer just as the Circus performance commenced and we were treated to 2 hours of performance music.
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