Vila Viçosa
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Vila Viçosa is a town and a municipality in the District of Évora, Alentejo in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 8,319, in an area of 194.86 km².
Renaissance fortress of Vila Viçosa
The medieval castle with the town below.
18th century Town Hall.
Agostinhos Church, convent and pantheom of the dukes of Braganza
Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa
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The Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa is a royal palace in Portugal, located in the civil parish of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, in the municipality of Vila Viçosa, in the Alentejo, situated about 150 km eas
Vila Viçosa
…centuries. The Dukes had considerable wealth and greatly promoted the economic, urban and artistic development of the village. In 1502 the building of the Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa was begun, sponsored by Jaime, fourth Duke of Braganza. Jaime was a skilled military leader who later led the Portuguese to victory against a Moorish…
The Palace of the Dukes of Braganza, in Vila Viçosa
Early example of the Manueline style of the original Palace before reconstruction
João I, 6th Duke of Braganza
Tree-lined roadway to the palace, part of the remodelled grounds