Category Archives: Évora

Some images of sobreiros (cork trees) from Évora.

Two thousand years before Stonehenge, groups of Neolithic peoples settled the area around Évora and built large stone megaliths that tracked positions of the sun and other celestial objects. Two important sites near Évora stand in the middle of an … Continue reading →

Doors in Coimbra and Évora are distictively narrower than other doors I’ve encountered. My theory is that they didn’t have to move large appliances in and out of their homes in the 12th century, but I need to confirm that.