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Portalegre is a municipality of Portugal. Portalegre is located in the Portalegre district, Alto Alentejo subregion, Alentejo region. The city has an area of 170 square miles and a population of 25,000 residents. The day in which the city itself is celebrated is May 23. In this day, Portalegre hosts a huge party for the locals and tourists visiting it. If you want to see Portalegre, you can do it in the spring, to attend this great event, too, or you can do it all through the year and enjoy all the other points of interest available in Portalegre and near it.

Top Attractions within Portalegre

Museu da Tapecaria is a great attraction of the city. In Portalegre, you can visit this modern art museum to see the works of artists who already enjoy international fame and works of those who are beginning their career right now and who sell their best paintings and sculptures for very good prices.

Capela dos Ossos or Chapel of Bones is an attraction that you can visit in the proximity of Portalegre, in Evora. This is a landmark of the town because the walls of the chapel are filled with... bones. These are of the nuns that lived in a nearby convent. Although this place is a little bit macabre, thousands of tourists visit it each year.

Temple of Diana is also located in Evora. This is actually the remaining part of a Roman temple raised near Portalegre in Roman times. If in the 2nd century, this probably was one of the most important buildings in town, in present it has the role of touristic attraction.

A Cadeia is a charming Portuguese restaurant located in the small city of Estremoz, close to Portalegre. It offers the best dishes of the regional cuisine, so as long as you are in Portalegre, you need to make a stop in this lovely place.