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Scene on the Tagus Near Thomar, illustration from Travels Through Portugal and Spain, During the Peninsular War by William Graham, 1820. This illustration captures Graham's description of the "green island," Almourol...

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.

Capela dos Ossos (Chapel of Bones) Evora, Portugal showing hanging skeleton. Photo taken 2015 CE.

Pillar at the Capela dos Ossos (Chapel of Bones), Evora, Portugal showing human skulls and bones. The Chapel of Bones was constructed by Franciscan monks in the late 16th century CE. Photo taken 2016 CE.

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

Interior of Evora Cathedral, Evora Portugal. Photo taken 2011 CE.

The Roman temple of Diana in Evora, Portugal. Constructed in the 1st century CE. Photo shows temple in relation to other buildings in Largo Conde Vila Flor square. Photo taken in 2008 CE.

Ground plan of Almourol Castle, photograph by Filipa Oliveira, Almourol, Portugal, May 2026. Part of an interpretive panel on the islet of Almourol, the ground plan highlights the main south-facing entrance leading...

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...

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) was a Corsican-born French general and politician who reigned as Emperor of the French with the regnal name Napoleon I from 1804 to 1814 and then again briefly in 1815. He established the largest...