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Alentejo

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Alentejo

Region of east-central Portugal, divided into the districts of Alto Alentejo and Baixo Alentejo. The respective capitals of these districts are Evora and Beja.



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A 73-year-old woman was admitted to Espirito do Santo Hospital in Evora, Alentejo region, on August 18, 2004.
The Portuguese Institute of Architectural Heritage (IPPAR) is also building interpretation centres in archaeological sites in the impoverished Alentejo region: the Roman Villa at Cucufate and the Roman city of Mirobriga are two good examples whose intended benefits extend beyond the sites and into the local economies and populations.
Here the architectural forms typical of the Alentejo, square houses painted a blinding white with broad chimneys and few windows, confront Modernist volumetric experiments, conferring on this part of the city a uniformity that is, however, subtly disrupted by a modern version of an aqueduct consisting of above-ground supply lines.
 
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