Interesting+facts+about+Evora,+Portugal

=Interesting facts about Evora, Portugal=

Some interesting facts about Evora, Portugal are....
 * Evora lies on top of a hilltop & is surrounded by the Alentejan plain.
 * Evora has a large variety of architecture types including gothic & romanesque.
 * A large majority of this city's streets are very narrow & experiences many different cultures due to its rough patch of unsettle rule.
 * It houses a 12th century Roman cathedral that is one of a kind and also the largest cathedral in Portugal.
 * Contains the Chapel de Ossos (Chappel of Bones) that has an extimation of 5,000 skeltons within it.
 * There is a 9km aqueduct in Evora that is very detailed and definitely something tourists suggest to visit.
 * Evora is rated by the Portuguese as the second best city to live in throughout all of Portugal.
 * Evora has the Roman Temple of Evora which is a huge torurist attraction, but used to be callted the Temple of Diana.
 * Francisco de Goya was born in Evora in 1746.
 * At least 17 famous artists were born in Evora.
 * Vasco da Gama had a palace in Evora between the years 1519 to 1524. All that is left there now is a few paintings and some walls.
 * Evora has a large slave population which also takes up a very large space of Portugals's slave population.
 * University of Evora: This college was a school built by Kind Henrique in 1559.
 * Evora was once ruled by King LeoVirgild during the Barbarian age.
 * Evora was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
 * As of 2004, the population of Evora was 41,159.