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Elvas
Elvas ( ), officially the City of Elvas ( ), 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 east of Lisbon, and about west of the Spanish fortress of Badajoz, by the Madrid-Badajoz-Lisbon railway. The municipality population was 23,078, in an area of . The city itself had a population of 16,640 . Elvas is among the finest examples of intensive usage of the trace italienne (star fort) in military architecture, and including is old town, has been a World Heritage Site since 30 June 2012.
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Elvas ( ), officially the City of Elvas ( ), 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 east of Lisbon, and about west of the Spanish fortress of Badajoz, by the Madrid-Badajoz-Lisbon railway. The municipality population was 23,078, in an area of . The city itself had a population of 16,640 . Elvas is among the finest examples of intensive usage of the trace italienne (star fort) in military architecture, and including is old town, has been a World Heritage Site since 30 June 2012.
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