Nossa Senhora da Graça Fort, Elvas, Portugal
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The Fort of Our Lady of Grace, essentially just one of several outerworks of the defenses of the Portuguese border town of Elvas, was undefeated in war, and is unrivaled in gorgeous starfortery.
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Elvas, a Portuguese town that was the beneficiary of a great deal of defensive effort for many centuries, had an issue in November of 1644. The heavily fortified town was under siege by the wicked Spanish as part of the Portuguese Restoration War (1640-1668), and while the Spanish, under the Marquis of Torrecusa, would give up and slink back over the border after nine days without having gotten into Elvas, it had been a near thing…mostly because of a strategic hill just to the north of Elvas, which the Spanish had cleverly occupied.
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From this hill, upon which stood the ancient chapel of Nossa Senhora da Graça (Our Lady of Grace), the Spanish were able to fire what passed for artillery into Elvas. While they obviously didn’t do so with any great effectiveness, it was nonetheless a giant hole in the defenses of this otherwise magnificently fortified town.
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Ref: http://www.starforts.com/
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