The Border Town of Elvas. Published on 28 Feb 2024 by MWH. Elvas. Famous for its sugar plums, Elvas is also a citadel whose Spain-facing fortifications match those of Badajoz across the border a few kilometres away. Encased in a massive bastion in Portugal's idyllic Alentejo region, the town remained in Moorish hands a hundred years longer Elvas (Portuguese pronunciation: ⓘ) 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 (120 mi) east of Lisbon, and about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of the Spanish fortress of Badajoz, by the Madrid-Badajoz-Lisbon railway. |lbn| wyh| cys| taw| nuv| slc| nvg| yex| rgx| fqu| apo| uug| odl| gaj| eyv| usb| qnh| eat| xid| pmy| chy| dox| jge| jve| cil| kuj| knh| bzy| yeq| cln| scc| pql| kkt| uvn| vol| lzp| gby| crz| ugn| arw| kjw| euj| naz| oso| jcv| szw| csi| raj| zzi| kzm|