Holy Spirit College of the Order of Christ

The Holy Spirit College of the Order of Christ is part of the University of Evora, but its interest is older than the modern campus. Cardinal-King Henrique ordered the former Jesuit college built in 1559, and the complex still preserves 16th-century Mannerist details and later academic buildings arranged around a cloister.

It is worth a look while exploring the hilltop historic centre, especially for the courtyard architecture and the sense of how closely Evora's university life is tied to the city's Renaissance past.

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