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A square in Evora, Portugal showing the white buildings with mustard-coloured trim that is typical of the Moorish architecture of the city. Photo taken 2008 CE.

One of the many strategically placed defensive arrow loops found throughout the walls and keep of Almourol Castle, photograph by Filipa Oliveira, Almourol, Portugal, May 2026.

One of the inner alure (wall-walk) walls separates the first bailey from the second, providing extra security for the keep area, photograph by Filipa Oliveira, Almourol, Portugal, May 2026.

The great (main) door of Evora Cathedral, Evora, Portugal. Photo taken 2006 CE.

A 3D model highlighting the main features of Almourol Castle, photograph by Filipa Oliveira, Almourol, Portugal, August 2026. This model of the fortress focuses exclusively on the castle, rather than the islet itself.

The Columbian exchange is a term coined by Alfred Crosby Jr. in 1972 that is traditionally defined as the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World of Europe and Africa and the New World of the Americas...

The Crusades were a series of military campaigns organised by popes and Christian western powers to take Jerusalem and the Holy Land back from Muslim control and then defend those gains. There were eight major official crusades between...

This map illustrates the four voyages of Christopher Columbus between 1492 and 1504, commissioned by Queen Isabella I of Castile (reign 1474–1504) and King Ferdinand II of Aragon (reign 1479–1516...

The Portuguese admiral and military commander, Afonso de Albuquerque (1453-1515 CE), who served as Governor of Portuguese India from 1509-1515 CE and captured Malacca in 1511 CE.

The Knights Templar were established c. 1119 and given papal recognition in 1129. It was a Catholic medieval military order whose members combined martial prowess with a monastic life to defend Christian holy sites and pilgrims...