Évora - Paço dos Duques de Cadaval

There used to be direct access from the north front of the Convento dos Lóios to the Paço dos Duques de Cadaval, the palace that King Joao I presented to the de Melos, ancestors of the Cadavals, at the end of the 14th C. Because of its pentagonal north tower originally part of the medieval town fortifications it is also known as the pentagonal palace, the "Palácio das Cinco Quinas".