Elvas Military Museum

The Elvas Military Museum emerged as a result of the Portuguese Army reorganization in 2006 and occupies the premises of the former Infantry Regiment Nº8 designated “Quartéis do Casarão” [Saint Domingos Convent (13th Century), King Ferdinand Wall (14th century) and part of the 17th century wall]. The museum houses the army Military collections: Harnesses, Health Services, Signals, Military Army Motor Vehicles, Animal-drawn Vehicles, Artillery pieces since the mid19th century and Interpretative Center Heritage Elvas (CMElvas), and the monumentality of its fortifications, the barracks of the Casarão, the fountain of St. Joseph.