Évora Quiz: Roman Temple and the Chapel of Bones

This Évora quiz explores the walled city in Portugal's Alentejo region. Play an interactive set of 10 questions on its Roman temple and its mistaken link to Diana, Corinthian columns, the Chapel of Bones in the Church of St Francis and its warning inscription, Franciscan monks, the cathedral, the Almendres stone circle and its UNESCO historic center.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Region
Which Portuguese region is Évora in?
Temple
What ancient building stands in Évora's center?
Diana
Which goddess was the temple long wrongly linked to?
Columns
Which style are its columns?
Bones
What lines the walls of the Chapel of Bones?
Who
Who built the Chapel of Bones?
Words
What does the chapel's inscription say?
Stones
Which ancient stone circle lies near Évora?
UNESCO
When was Évora's historic center listed by UNESCO?
Cathedral
What is unusual about Évora Cathedral's look?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which Portuguese region is Évora in?
Answer: Alentejo
It is a land of plains and cork oaks.
Q2: What ancient building stands in Évora's center?
Answer: A Roman temple
Its columns still stand.
Q3: Which goddess was the temple long wrongly linked to?
Answer: Diana
It was likely for emperor worship.
Q4: Which style are its columns?
Answer: Corinthian
Their capitals have carved leaves.
Q5: What lines the walls of the Chapel of Bones?
Answer: Human bones and skulls
Thousands of skeletons were used.
Q6: Who built the Chapel of Bones?
Answer: Franciscan monks
They wanted people to reflect on death.
Q7: What does the chapel's inscription say?
Answer: We bones here await yours
It reminds visitors of mortality.
Q8: Which ancient stone circle lies near Évora?
Answer: Almendres Cromlech
It is thousands of years older than the temple.
Q9: When was Évora's historic center listed by UNESCO?
Answer: 1986
Its walls enclose many monuments.
Q10: What is unusual about Évora Cathedral's look?
Answer: It looks like a fortress
Its towers have battlements.

A Roman Temple and a Chapel of Bones

Évora is a walled city in Portugal's Alentejo region, a land of plains, olive groves and cork oaks. At its heart stands a Roman temple from the 1st century AD, with tall Corinthian columns. It was long called the Temple of Diana, but it was more likely used for worship of the emperor.

In the Church of St Francis, Franciscan monks built the Chapel of Bones in the 1500s, lining its walls with the bones and skulls of thousands of people. An inscription at the entrance reads, roughly, we bones that are here await yours, urging visitors to reflect on death.

Évora's cathedral, with battlemented towers, looks almost like a fortress. Outside the city, the Almendres Cromlech is a stone circle thousands of years older than the Roman temple. Évora's historic center became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986.

What This Quiz Teaches

History fans will enjoy these questions.

What the temple was
Who built the Chapel of Bones
What its inscription says
Which ancient sites lie nearby
How the city is protected

Did You Know?

Évora's university was founded in the 1500s by Jesuits.
The Alentejo is famous for cork production.
Narrow whitewashed streets wind through the old town.
An aqueduct once brought water into the city.
Évora was named a European Capital of Culture for 2027.