The reduit of the Fort Santa Luzia at Elvas with it's sentry boxes on the corners and the governor's builiding atop of it, as seen from the second line of fortification.
In 2012 UNESCO inscribed the "Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications" on the World Cultural Heritage list. The fortified town with its' massive bastions and two large Forts of Santa Luzia and Graça constructed by Jesuit Padre Cosmander is ranked amongst the best examples of European defensive architecture.
Size: 3648px × 2736px
Location: Elvas, Portalegre District, Alentejo, Portugal
Photo credit: © Achim Zeilmann / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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