The weater
Well defined dry season: from June
to September. Annual rainning volume not relevant in the
global country context (less than 700 mm/year). Considerable
yearly termical variations;
The landscape
The city of Estremoz in an
elevation that reaches 448 m hight. From this higher
location you can enjoy the beautiful and wide rural landscape
around the city and from the top of the castle, you can see some
villages, the fields, and the famous "montes alentejanos".
Cultural heritage
Estremoz owns important and
diversificated cultural heritage that we can classify as follows:
National monuments
Estremoz castle
Walls ramparts of Estremoz castle ( 13th century )
Doors and ramparts of the 2nd fortification line (18th century)
Military doors of S. António, Santa Catarina, Currais and
Évora
Couraças tower
Chapel of N.ª Sr.ª dos Mártires
S. Francisco church
Claustro da Misericórdia
Pelourinho de Estremoz
Évoramonte castle
Santa Vitória do Ameixial lusitan-roman village
Padrão do Ameixial - E.N. 24
Congregados convent
Cruzeiro da Misericórdia
Cruzeiro de S. Francisco de Estremoz
Pelourinho do Canal
Veiros castle
Pelourinho de Veiros
Archeologic
heritage
The archeologic
heritage is wide and rich. There are Paleolitic, Neolitic,
Bronze age, Iron Age, Roman and Visigotic stations. |
