EVORA  , the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of an administrative See also:

• DISTRICT

district in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• ALEMTEJO (i.e. " Beyond the Tagus ")

Alemtejo, See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal; 72 M . E. by S. of See also:

• LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon, on the Casa Branca-Evora-See also:

• ELVAS

Elvas railway . Pop . (1900) 16,020 . Evora occupies a fertile valley enclosed by See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low hills . It is surrounded by ramparts flanked with towers, and is further defended by two forts; but the neglected See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of these, combined with the narrow arcaded streets and crumbling walls of See also:

• ROMAN

Roman or Moorish See also:

• MASONRY

masonry, gives the ,See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city an See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance corresponding with its real antiquity . Evora is the see of an See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop, and has several churches, convents and hospitals, See also:

• BARRACKS (derived through the French from the Late Lat. barra, a bar)
• BARRACKS, CAMP

barracks, a diocesan school and a museum . A university, founded in 1550, was abolished on the See also:

• EXPULSION (Lat. expulsio, from expellere)

expulsion of the See also:

• JESUITS

Jesuits in the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . The See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, originally a Romanesque See also:

• BUILDING

building erected 1186-1204, was restored in See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style about 1400; its richly decorated See also:

• CHANCEL (through O. Fr. from Lat. plur. cancelli, dim. of cancer, grating, lattice, probably connected with an Indo-European root Kar-, to bend; cf. circus, curve, &c.)

chancel was added in 1761 . The See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of Sao Francisco (1507–1525) is a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good example of the blended Moorish and Gothic See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture known as Manoellian . The See also:

• ART

art See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery, formerly the archbishop's See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, contains a collection of Portuguese and See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early Flemish paintings . An See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower, and the so-called See also:

• AQUEDUCT (Lat. aqua, water, and ducere, to lead; Gr. apaymryeiov, apayeeywov, vlrovopos)

aqueduct of See also:

• SERTORIUS, QUINTUS

Sertorius, 9 M. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, have been partly demolished to make See also:

• ROOM

room for the See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market-square, in which one of the largest fairs in Portugal is held at midsummer .

Both tower and aqueduct were long believed to have been of Roman origin, but are now known to have been constructed about 1540–1555 in the reign of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John III., at the instance of an See also:

• ANTIQUARY

antiquary named See also:

• RESENDE, ANDRE DE (1498-1573)
• RESENDE, GARCIA DE (1470-1536)

Resende . The aqueduct was probably constructed on the site of the old Roman one . A small Roman See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple is used as a public library; it is usually known as the temple of See also:

• DIANA

Diana, a name for which no valid authority See also:

• EVREUX

EVREUX 37 exists . Evora is of little commercial importance, except as an agricultural centre, but its neighbourhood is famous for its mules and abounds in See also:

• CORK
• CORK (perhaps through Sp. corcha from Lat. cortex, bark, but possibly connected with quercus, oak)
• CORK, RICHARD BOYLE

cork-See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

woods; there are also mines of See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron, See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper, and See also:

• ASBESTOS

asbestos and See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble quarries . Under its See also:

• ORIGINAL

original name of Ebora, the city was from 8o to 72 B.C. the headquarters of Sertorius, and it long remained an important Roman military station . It was called Liberalitas Juliae on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of certain municipal privileges bestowed on it by See also:

• JULIUS

Julius Caes4r (c . 100–44 B.C.) . Its bishopric, founded in the 5th century, was raised to an archbishopric in the 16th . In 712 Evora was conquered by the See also:

• MOORS (Lat. Mauri; Gr. Mavpot, dark men)
• MOORS, KABYLES, MZABITES

Moors, who named it Jabura; and it was only retaken in 1166 . Fom 1663 to 1665 it was held by the Spaniards . In 1832 Dom See also:

• MIGUEL, MARIA EVARIST (1802–1866)

Miguel, retreating before Dom Pedro, took See also:

• REFUGE

refuge in Evora; and here was signed the See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention of Evora, by which he was banished . (See PORTUGAL.) The administrative district of Evora coincides with the central See also:

• PART

part of Alemtejo (q.v.); pop .

(1900) 128,062; See also:

• AREA

area, 2856 sq. m .