Historical place profile

Ebora

A Roman city with likely Celtic roots and a long, subsequent architectural history, the historic center of modern Évora in Portugal was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1986.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:256151
Catalogue ID
pleiades:256151
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
38.571729, -7.908487
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

A Roman city with likely Celtic roots and a long, subsequent architectural history, the historic center of modern Évora in Portugal was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1986.

Geographic evidence

The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.

Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 26 C3 Ebora

Source and reuse

This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.

Research path

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