On the border of Spain's Extremadura region, one tiny border town defended Portugal's hard-won independence unceasingly between the 17th and 19th centuries, following the Restoration War.

Cosmander applied the geometric theory of Marolois to the irregular topography of Elvas, to produce a defensive system considered a masterpiece of its time. In the 18th century the Fort of Graça was ...

Among the other available sites is a fort in the northwestern town of Caminha ... The star-shaped walls of the hilltop town of Elvas dominate the plains of Portugal’s southern Alentejo region ...

forts and other historic sites to private groups to be turned into hotels and other leisure centres. The star-shaped walls of the hilltop town of Elvas dominate the plains of Portugal’s southern ...

The town of Elvas dominate the plains of southern Alentejo ... Portugal's socialist government is leasing abandoned monasteries, forts and other historic sites to private groups to be turned ...

The star-shaped walls of the hilltop town of Elvas dominate the plains of Portugal ... government is leasing abandoned monasteries, forts and other historic sites to private groups to be turned ...

ELVAS, Portugal - The star-shaped walls of the hilltop town ... Portugal's socialist government is leasing abandoned monasteries, forts and other historic sites to private groups to be turned into ...

The star-shaped walls of the hilltop town of Elvas dominate the plains of Portugal's southern ... Portugal's socialist government is leasing abandoned monasteries, forts and other historic sites to ...