Évora, Alentejo, Portugal

The saga continues. In the interest of saving time and making the most out of my weak internet connection, the few postings I'll add this summer will be somewhat photo intensive.

Having presented a paper in Lisbon, I made my way across Portugal and Spain to the waiting archives of Sevilla by way four separate buses. Along the way I spent the night in Évora, Portugal, a town of such cultural and historical importance that it bears the distinction of being a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Amongst the more memorable sites were the Roman Temple of Diana, the cathedral or Sé, the Palace of the Dukes of Cadaval, a number of impressive tiled churches, the grounds of the local university, and the Capela dos Ossos - an ossuary chapel fashioned out of the remains of the town's medieval inhabitants with a welcome across the doorway that read "Nós ossos que aqui estamos pelos vossos esperamos" ("We bones here wait for yours"). And yes, those are desiccated corpses (adult and child) hanging from the wall.