Elvas Garrison Town
Also known as Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criterion (iv).
Region
Europe and North America
Portugal
Inscribed
2012
Area
179 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Elvas Garrison Town is about 17 km west of Badajoz. The nearest other World Heritage site is Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida, about 70 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Badajoz · about 140,000 peopleabout 17 km east
- Mérida · about 52,000 peopleabout 70 km east
- Évora · about 56,000 peopleabout 75 km south-west
- Castelo Branco · about 33,000 peopleabout 110 km north
- Beja · about 36,000 peopleabout 110 km south-west
- Santarém · about 29,000 peopleabout 140 km west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
SpainCultural71 km away
PortugalCultural73 km away
SpainCultural95 km away
PortugalCultural135 km away
PortugalCultural167 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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