We ventured into the town center of Evora today for a look around. Unfortunately the bus service that usually takes campground residents into the center was not running as today is a Portuguese national holiday. April the 25th is the official celebration day for the Carnation Revolution of 1974 which eventually resulted in democratic government in Portugal and ended the colonial wars whereby Portugal was trying to hold onto its African colonies.

Like many towns in Spain/Portugal the history here goes back to the (and well before) the Romans and there is a Roman ruin even today in the center of the town. The Visigoths occupied the town after the Romans, and of course after that the Moors and then reconquest brought back the Cshristians.