Forte da Graça, Elvas

Name: Forte da Graça
Address: Forte da Graça - Elvas, Elvas, Portugal

#4 among attractions in Elvas

Top attraction, City wall, Unesco

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The Nossa Senhora da Graça Fort, officially Conde de Lippe Fort and known historically as La Lippe, is a fort in the village of Alcáçova, about 1 kilometre north of the town of Elvas in the Portalegre District of Portugal. ()

Local name: Forte de Nossa Senhora da Graça Built: 1763 (261 years ago)Unesco: from 2012Area: 27.81 acres (0.0435 mi²)Coordinates: 38°53'42"N, 7°9'51"W

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Forte da Graça – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Aqueduto da Amoreira, Castelo de Elvas, Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, British Cemetery.

1.3 miS
Historical place, Forts and castles,
Aqueduto da Amoreira, Elvas
32 min walk • The Amoreira Aqueduct is a 16th-century aqueduct that spans the Portuguese municipality of Elvas, bringing water into the fortified seat.
0.8 miS
Historical place, Forts and castles
Castelo de Elvas, Elvas
21 min walk • The Castle of Elvas is a medieval military fortification in Portugal, in the civil parish of Alcáçova, municipality of Elvas, part of a first line of defense in the Portuguese Alentejo, in conjunction with the military forts of Ouguela, Campo Maior, Olivença and Juromenha.
1 miS
Church, Gothic architecture
Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, Elvas
25 min walk • The Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral also called Old Cathedral of Elvas is a religious building of the Catholic Church in the Republic Square, in the parish of the Assumption in the city of Elvas, in the district of Portalegre in Portugal.
0.8 miS
Cemetery, Memorial
British Cemetery, Elvas
22 min walk • The British Cemetery at Elvas, Portugal is one of the oldest British Military Cemeteries in existence.
1 miS
38°52'50"N • 7°9'48"W
Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications, Elvas
26 min walk • Elvas is a Portuguese municipality, former episcopal city and frontier fortress of easternmost central Portugal, located in the district of Portalegre in Alentejo. It is situated about 200 kilometres east of Lisbon, and about 8 kilometres west of the Spanish fortress of Badajoz, by the Madrid-Badajoz-Lisbon railway.