University of Évora
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The University of Évora (Universidade de Évora) is a public university in Évora, Portugal.
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There was a university (Colégio do Espírito Santo) in Évora which operated between 1559 and 1759. Founded in the 16th century by Cardinal Infante Dom Henrique, future king of Portugal and Pope Paul IV it was delivered to the Society of Jesus, but it was shut down during the Marquis of Pombal government, because it was run by the Jesuits.
This university became famed as a centre of learning and rivalled the University of Coimbra. Among its eminent theologians and philosophers were Luis de Molina (1535-1600), Pedro de Fonseca (1528-1599), St. Francisco de Borja, St. João de Brito, Manuel Álvares. Several prelates of the Portuguese Empire were trained at this university : D. Afonso Mendes, Patriarch of Abyssinia, and D. Pedro Martins, first bishop of Japan. The classrooms are decorated with appropriate azulejos (ceramic tiles) such as "Plato teaching his followers" and "Aristotle teaching Alexander the Great".
The current University of Évora is working again since 1973 as a state-run university. The diplomas are granted in the 18th century Baroque chapel (Sala dos Actos) (restored in 1973), that dominates the Tuscan-arched Renaissance cloister.
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Public universities: University of the Algarve • University of Aveiro • University of the Azores • University of Beira Interior • University of Coimbra • University of Évora • University of Lisbon • University of Madeira • University of Minho • New University of Lisbon • University of Porto • Technical University of Lisbon • University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro
