Portugal in pictures

[Vasconcelos]

Work in Progress



Sintra, Lisbon District

Palácio da Pena
http://www.portugalembassy.org.tr/Pictures/Hi%20Res/Pena%20Palace%20in%20Sintra%20-%20Jose%20Manuel.jpg

Quinta da Regaleira
http://www.travelpt.com/fotos/portugal/regaleira03.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Palacio-da-Regaleira1_Sintra_Set-07.jpg

Palacio de Monserrate (originally english-build/owned)
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Mq4S1uVPJOo/THFsOiP_CHI/AAAAAAAAXgs/FkzAtQNkj00/s1600/monserrate.jpg

Castelo de Sintra
http://www.tintazul.com.pt/castelos/lsb/snt/sintra-mouros-tom.jpg




Tomar, Santarém District


Convento de Cristo
http://canelaehortela.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/convento-cristo.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Convento-de-Cristo_manuelina.jpg



Batalha, Leiria District


Mosteiro da Batalha
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Mosteiro_da_Batalha_(Manuel_Anastacio).jpg

http://image58.webshots.com/58/7/78/39/394577839bPOYxP_fs.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1115/1303904241_bddd198318_o.jpg

[San Galgano]

Magnificent places.

[Alvarado]

Monumento aos Descobrimentos.

http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/00/1b/4b/b0/padrao-dos-descobrimentos.jpg

http://www.achetudoeregiao.com.br/portugal/portugal.gif/monumento_descobrimento.jpg

http://www.mundocity.com/europa/lisboa/monumento.jpg

http://www.all-free-photos.com/images/lisbonne/PI19347-hr.jpg

Congratulations on your new section!

[Vasconcelos]

Viseu District - Beira Alta region, Centre (North)
http://www.colodepito.net/montemuro.jpg




Castelo do Penedono, Penedono
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/21111376.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Castelo_de_Penedono_1.jpg/800px-Castelo_de_Penedono_1.jpg

Igreja da Misericordia, Viseu
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Igreja_da_Miseric%C3%B3rdia_de_Viseu.jpg

Catedral de Viseu
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Viseu_Cathedral.jpg

http://www.brimaquinas.com/Portfolio%5C32.jpg

Senhora do Castelo, Mangualde
http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/original/11840694.jpg

Viseu City
http://71voltaportugal.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/viseu1.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5YQS10JXxQA/TAKWmLVakcI/AAAAAAAAAHk/WsPz1yPQumY/s1600/img%255Cse_viseu.jpg


Additional information:


Viseu was considered the best district capital city, in terms of quality of life.
Maximum temperature recorded: 41.5ºC
Minimum temperature recorded: -8,5ºC
Average temeprature: 13,0ºC
Average percipitation (per year): 1296,1mm - that's over two times London's average

[The Lawspeaker]

Açores (The Azores):


http://stones.no.sapo.pt/acores/St.Michael%20Island_3%20034.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Caravela_Vera_Cruz_a_entrar_no_Porto_de_Pipas,_fes tas_S%C3%A3o_Joaninas,_2008,_Angra_do_Hero%C3%ADsm o,_ilha_Terceira,_A%C3%A7ores.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Lagoa_do_Caldeir%C3%A3o,_ilha_do_Corvo,_A%C3%A7ore s.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Cidade_de_Angra_do_Hero%C3%ADsmo,_ilha_Terceira,_A %C3%A7ores.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/As_nuvens_galgam_a_Montanha,_ilha_do_Pico,_A%C3%A7 ores.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Ilha_do_Pico_vista_da_Faj%C3%A3_Grande,_Calheta,_i lha_de_S%C3%A3o_Jorge,_A%C3%A7ores,_Portugal.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Miradouro_da_Boca_do_Inferno,_Lagoa_das_Sete_Cidad es,_ilha_de_S%C3%A3o_Miguel,_A%C3%A7ores.JPG

[The Lawspeaker]

Madeira:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Funchal_(_Portugal_)13.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Universidade_da_Madeira.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Curral_das_freiras1.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Casas_de_Santana.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Tropical_garden_monte_hg.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Blendys_Garden.JPG

[Vasconcelos]

That village on the mountains, Curral das Freiras, is a pretty hard place to get to.
When there was a great storm with floods and landslides in Madeira, earlier this year, the town was effectively cut off from the rest of the island, there was no way for rescuers to help the people in there.

The people from Madeira are incredibly hardworking, the day after the catastrophe everyone was on the streets cleaning everything they could and a few months later you could barely notice there had been such a disaster in there such a short time ago.


I really advise people visit the islands, unless you're afraid of landing a big plane on a small island, like myself - which is why I've never been in either the Azores or Madeira. :p


http://flygoibibo.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/madeira-airport.jpg

[Vasconcelos]

Palácio Nacional de Mafra
Mafra, Lisboa District
(to the North of Sintra)

http://www.portugal-ferien.net/Mafra_Palacio_2b.jpg

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e-OpaqSsvNw/R6SgIHWFbPI/AAAAAAAABhE/C0AxxzGMt4Q/Imagem+164.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JrP-4s68nMQ/SwbMwTnpjBI/AAAAAAAAAc8/DNB1wprD2VM/100_0320.JPG

http://templars.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/wallpaper2007_01.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7wBZokwPG44/RmRjX14Le6I/AAAAAAAAANw/j1NKgx71uK8/IMG_0665.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Qcfue0dYR_c/SY3dBPfQImI/AAAAAAAADBw/MSFQJXAvdbU/DSCN8419+Sala+do+trono.JPG

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KUul8xklOhM/TKxFYu_GHBI/AAAAAAAAAP8/PUTVQzNcKpc/s1600/IMG_5921_hdr.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Mafra13.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Tc4oF1rX-cc/Swh2w7rYMrI/AAAAAAAAAq0/Nwse9cOudQI/s1600/IMG_1432.JPG

http://image55.webshots.com/55/1/69/38/2231169380080218292CyrZVK_fs.jpg

[CelticTemplar]

My family and I travel to Portugal at least once a year, and these places are quite beautiful in person.

[Foxy]

Work in Progress



[Castelo de Sintra
http://www.tintazul.com.pt/castelos/lsb/snt/sintra-mouros-tom.jpg



The places are beautiful, but this one is not in Portugual. It is San Marino. Look this other pic ^^

http://www.viaggicheblog.it/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/san_marino.jpg

[Vasconcelos]

You are right, sorry.
Both castles are somewhat similar, located on a rocky slope with a village behind walls. :wink



http://lh6.ggpht.com/_-ciSSl3JXSY/SPOcpIbq9rI/AAAAAAAABUg/shSwy8TN3uM/SET2008-356.JPG

http://image54.webshots.com/154/6/91/73/476569173CweOHr_fs.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/e/ed/20061219183402!Castelo_dos_Mouros_-_Sintra_(_Portugal_)2.jpg

http://planodeviagem.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/dia-27_10.jpg

[Eliades]

Portugal looks like an amazing place. I'd kill to live there and find a good looking Portuguese woman. lol.

[The Lawspeaker]

Funchal (and more Madeira)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/2010-03-02_14_51_17_Portugal-Quinta_do_Palheiro_Ferreiro.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Vigia-m%C4%9Bsto_a_p%C5%99%C3%ADstav.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/2010-03-02_14_12_12_Portugal-Santa_Luzia.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Hofi0006-24.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/View_from_Jardim_Atlantico_looking_down_at_Paul_do _Mar.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Funchal%2C_Monte_IMG_1959.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Madeira_Tabua_2.JPG

[Rouxinol]

Guimarães (Minho)


Guimarães (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡimɐˈɾɐ̃ȷ̃ʃ]) is a Portuguese city located in Braga District, in the North of Portugal and in the Ave Subregion (one of the more industrialized subregions of the country), with a population of 52 181 inhabitants, distributed throughout 20 parishes (freguesia in Portuguese), in an urban area of 23,5 km² with a population density of 2 223,9/km².

It is the seat of a municipality with an area of 241,05 km² and 162 636 inhabitants (2008), divided in 69 parishes. The municipality is bordered to the north by the municipality of Póvoa de Lanhoso, to the east by Fafe, to the south by Felgueiras, Vizela and Santo Tirso, to the west by Vila Nova de Famalicão and the northwest by Braga.

It is an historical city that had an important role in the formation of Portugal and it was settled in the 9th century, at which time it was called Vimaranes. This denomination might have had its origin in the warrior Vímara Peres, when he chose this area as the main government seat for the County of Portugal which he conquered for the Kingdom of Galicia.

Guimarães is one of the most important historical cities of the country. Its historical center is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, making it one of the largest tourist centers in the region.

Source: Wikipedia.com


http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x57/Poveiro_1978/d.afonsohenriques.jpg

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s8/Freshfil/Portugal/1983Guimaraes91.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pl6_TvdHuMI/TCOCCwwgicI/AAAAAAAAH6o/7ExpcWtC3DE/s1600/20645_ori_guimaraes.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Pra%C3%A7a_da_Oliveira_01.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2221/2414553214_952576ff86.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Pra%C3%A7a_de_Santiago.JPG

http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlos1952/2622889859/

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cVwv1Znpyps/TAPKbwwJHKI/AAAAAAAAA9M/rxbBYothTMI/s1600/guimaraes.jpg

http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/52/1e/f5/guimaraes.jpg

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s8/Freshfil/Portugal/1405Guimares2843.jpg

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/8388/pa110089xs1.jpg

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x57/Poveiro_1978/paosdosduquesdebragana2.jpg

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s8/Freshfil/Portugal/1983PalacioDuquesdeBraganaGuimaraes.jpg

[Rouxinol]

ALDEIAS DO XISTO/SCHIST VILLAGES (Center of Portugal, mostly Beira Baixa and inner Beira Litoral)

Info: http://www.aldeiasdoxisto.pt/index/6

Benfeita

http://www.aldeiasdememoria.com/media/benfeita/fotos/benfeita-f112.jpg

Casal de S. Simão

http://i.olhares.com/data/big/294/2945258.jpg

http://ipt.olhares.com/data/big/291/2916846.jpg

http://www.ansiao.net/aguda110.jpg

http://ipt.olhares.com/data/big/291/2914740.jpg

Barroca

http://www.eco-arq.eu/wp-content/gallery/photos-internes/les-partenaires-barroca-aldeia-do-xisto.jpg

Janeiro de Cima

http://www.hotelsamasafundao.com/fotos/janeiro%20de%20cima.jpg

http://www.designspecies.org/xisto/JaneiroCima2.jpg

http://i.olhares.com/data/big/320/3207415.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3547/3513272827_76205d0a89.jpg

Pena

http://c8.quickcachr.fotos.sapo.pt/i/bb70430c7/6534672_S2JNZ.jpeg

http://c2.quickcachr.fotos.sapo.pt/i/b1a04095d/6534661_8QeGG.jpeg

http://c9.quickcachr.fotos.sapo.pt/i/b070438e2/6534475_k7nks.jpeg

Candal

http://www.cm-lousa.pt/images/serra/aldeias/candal_g.jpg

To be continued...

[Rouxinol]

Talasnal


http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_djYeu-MX1YM/R1GLhHQIl1I/AAAAAAAADqE/ZoH90midjMY/s1600-R/Aldeia-do-Talasnal-1.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_djYeu-MX1YM/R1GLJXQIl0I/AAAAAAAADp8/NTu5VhtvUKo/s1600-R/Aldeia-do-Talasnal-9.jpg

http://clubearlivre.org/gallery2/d/24218-3/Paragem+para+um+caf__+no+Talasnal.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_djYeu-MX1YM/R1GLjXQIl2I/AAAAAAAADqM/EC4thWItT58/s1600-R/Aldeia-do-Talasnal-2.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3464/3216145378_f8863bed05.jpg


Fajão


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/47/132029386_59845edd63.jpg

http://pampilhosaimagens.no.sapo.pt/Fajao/Antiga_C137mara_Municipal_Con.jpg


Água Formosa


http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/15507170.jpg

http://i.olhares.com/data/big/281/2819220.jpg

[Rouxinol]

Óbidos

Location

http://terrasdeportugal.wikidot.com/local--files/ilustrar:mapas/obidos.png

Pictures

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Obidos_April_2009-4b.jpg/800px-Obidos_April_2009-4b.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Obidos_77c.jpg/800px-Obidos_77c.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IiGYb-XOUfc/S69IgpGvaAI/AAAAAAAAHvI/HvxiwdC-5-Y/s1600/Obidos%2520mediaeval%2520fair.jpg

http://www.fotosantesedepois.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Obidos_05.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1205/1304767430_23a996c472.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SggIoq01dMM/Sa7PYJNXprI/AAAAAAAACWk/O_xYXrwPpk0/s400/obidos12.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/%C3%93bidos_Entrada.JPG

http://perlbal.hi-pi.com/blog-images/503335/gd/1191787578/Obidos-Ruas.jpg

http://profissaoviajante.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/obidos-2.jpg


Medieval fair held yearly in Óbidos

http://www.cm-obidos.pt/_DI/NEWS/946_1225_3.jpg

http://www.feiras-medievais.com/fotos_2004/slides/feira_medieval_obidos_2004_7.JPG

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/12044222.jpg

http://www.feiras-medievais.com/fotos_2007/slides/feira_medieval_obidos_2007_58.jpg

http://canelaehortela.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/obidos_medieval15.jpg

[Rouxinol]

Lisboa (Lisbon)

Location

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/LocalLisboa.svg/250px-LocalLisboa.svg.png

http://paxprofundis.org/livros/sebastiasnismo/lisboa.jpg
Lisbon in early 16th century

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/CastleSaintGeorge.jpg/800px-CastleSaintGeorge.jpg
The same shot of the oldest (medieval) part of the town, but in the 21st century

http://iepm.ibs.iscte.pt/uploads/summer_school/summer_2011/Praca%20do%20Comercio.jpg


http://fotos.sapo.pt/biclaranja/pic/00098hcf/s500x500

Praça do Comércio nowadays and back in the 18th century


http://profissaoviajante.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/vista-elevador-santa-justa.jpg

Baixa (Downtown) as seen from Elevador de Santa Justa

http://quivive.me.uk/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/elevador_de_santa_justa_041028.jpg
Elevador de Santa Justa

http://images.travelpod.com/users/jcharwell/1.1239905580.rua-augusta.jpg
Rua Augusta (Baixa)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/Arpels/lisboa86.jpg?t=1184538448
View over the Tagus river, the 25 de Abril Bridge and the Cristo-Rei sancturary

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Pra%C3%A7a_Dom_Pedro_IV_(Rossio).jpg/800px-Pra%C3%A7a_Dom_Pedro_IV_(Rossio).jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6pbqFXOrEL0/TJTFpCKjX9I/AAAAAAAABdM/IjSYUAVY9fs/s1600/lisbon-rossio.jpg
Praça D. Pedro IV/Rossio

http://www.cm-lisboa.pt/archive/img/Largo_do_Chiado_Foto_Am_rico_Simas_1.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/LisbonChiado1-CCBYSA.jpg/450px-LisbonChiado1-CCBYSA.jpg
Chiado

http://id-grupo.com/agencia-directa/files/2011/02/Lisbon_10064_Lisboa_Pra%C3%A7a_Lu%C3%ADs_de_Cam%C3 %B5es_2006_Luca_Galuzzi.jpg
Praça Luís de Camões

[Rouxinol]

Lisboa (Lisbon)

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_q_WGHXnqn-Q/TRECRmpNFwI/AAAAAAAABRA/hVUQ021Fa7Q/s1600/Lisbon+tram.jpg
Typical tram of Lisbon

http://i.olhares.com/data/big/213/2133019.jpg
View over Lisbon from Miradouro da Graça

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EOI3tQYIjps/S_B0JSAOT-I/AAAAAAAAE6A/9BrsjJ2nF70/s1600/IMG_1999(1).jpg
View over Lisbon from Miradouro de São Pedro de Alcântara

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZBF1Y2J8yYg/TPal2T6T56I/AAAAAAAAENM/65QqI7YXUng/s1600/Pra%25C3%25A7a+Restauradores.jpg

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/67194/avenida_da_liberdade_aim000269.jpg
Praça dos Restauradores

http://martinssanches.blogs.sapo.pt/arquivo/AVENIDA%20LIBERDADE.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vMZxJeLUiJQ/TJ4TFZNrvII/AAAAAAAAEAI/ODuIG0X-xsE/s1600/5-24537710_6wgquvCI_Lisboa_Av_Liberdade4921.jpg

http://interata.squarespace.com/storage/Av%20da%20Liberdade%2001.jpg
Avenida da Liberdade

http://i.olhares.com/data/big/308/3088171.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/207/498573608_da1cbb97a2.jpg
Praça Marquês de Pombal

http://ipt.olhares.com/data/big/360/3603985.jpg

http://imgpe.trivago.com/uploadimages/53/38/5338451_l.jpeg
Parque Eduardo VII

[Rouxinol]

More of Lisbon

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2119/2343345659_15599745c1.jpg
Praça do Império

http://www.lastminutetravel.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/torre-de-belem.jpg

http://mariefleur.zip.net/images/LisboaTorreBelem.jpg
Torre de Belém

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Zlz4enJSzDk/S-awLB44-GI/AAAAAAAAGts/jHhmgoYR-f8/s1600/lisbon-jeronimos1.jpg

http://fotos.sapo.pt/topazio1950/pic/000s3qwf
Mosteiro dos Jerónimos

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R8GueqnkiOo/TEBouU4SXJI/AAAAAAAAAp4/231id99mbTA/s1600/Descobrimentos.jpg

http://www.egeac.pt/application/uploads/images/padrao_descobrimentos_zoom.jpg

http://www.umpastelembelem.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/padrao_descobrimentos.jpg
Padrão dos Descobrimentos e Rosa dos Ventos (as seen from the top)

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dMlv6LnbHd8/TWQOt97uvXI/AAAAAAAAACM/7HffTZEE_-U/s1600/Assembleia_da_Republica_01.jpg
Parlamento

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_88X-59nB-aQ/S9tS7uFcrjI/AAAAAAAAAYo/JWilMfhhNWQ/s1600/lisbon-parque-das-nacoes.jpg

http://www.baixaki.com.br/usuarios/imagens/wpapers/1207304-80028-1280.jpg

http://www.queromorarfora.com/imagens/Lisboa_oceanario.jpg
Parque das Nações

http://u-plasma.com/evora/files/2010/07/ponte.jpg
Ponte Vasco da Gama

[Zephyr]

Évora

http://www.theapricity.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8315&stc=1&d=1303055924

http://www.theapricity.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8317&stc=1&d=1303056848

http://www.theapricity.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8318&stc=1&d=1303057139

http://www.theapricity.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8319&stc=1&d=1303057772

http://www.theapricity.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8320&stc=1&d=1303058096

[Zephyr]

http://www.theapricity.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8321&stc=1&d=1303058698

http://www.theapricity.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8327&stc=1&d=1303060451

http://www.theapricity.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8328&stc=1&d=1303060451

http://www.theapricity.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8329&stc=1&d=1303060451

http://www.theapricity.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8330&stc=1&d=1303061669

[Rouxinol]

More random Lisbon

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/mirim1/tram1.jpg
Cais do Sodré

http://www.cm-lisboa.pt/archive/img/Comboio_da_Ponte_25_de_Abril_Foto_Am_rico_Simas_1. jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oCaIX-ptgxM/TDZb4Z4ASII/AAAAAAAAA74/wBUOC2erWTQ/s1600/Lisboa_ponte25deabril.jpg

http://ipt.olhares.com/data/big/226/2261290.jpg


http://pontesvida.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/ponte25deabril1963construc3a7c3a3o.jpg
Ponte 25 de Abril (former Ponte Salazar)

http://i.olhares.com/data/big/320/3200281.jpg
Estação do Rossio

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4151/4841176303_12515de41c.jpg

http://i.olhares.com/data/big/156/1566729.jpg

http://i.olhares.com/data/big/371/3710003.jpg

http://i.olhares.com/data/big/246/2461227.jpg
Estação do Oriente

http://viajar.clix.pt/fotos/ffoto.php?f=2010&l=520

http://www.portugalacessivel.com/media/uploads/galeria/CentroCulturaldeBelem.jpg
Centro Cultural de Belém

http://adevidacomedia.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/tombo.jpeg
Torre do Tombo

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Torre Vasco da Gama

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Ponte Vasco da Gama

[Rouxinol]

More random Lisbon

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Pavilhão do Conhecimento

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Pavilhão de Portugal

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Parque das Nações

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Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal

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http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/26186575.jpg
Palácio de Belém

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/8098/palacio_da_ajuda_i.jpg
Palácio da Ajuda

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Estação Roma-Areeiro

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Saldanha

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http://ipt.olhares.com/data/big/18/180937.jpg
Pavilhão Atlântico

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http://marcasdasciencias.fc.ul.pt/imagem/db_marcadasciencias/imagens/original/5990.jpg
FIL

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/38181564.jpg
Museu de Ciência/Museu Nacional de História Natural

[Rouxinol]

More random Lisbon

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Estação do Cais do Sodré

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2.ª Circular

http://fotos.sapo.pt/philipe/pic/000yy990

http://dreamguides.edreams.pt/sites/dreamguides.edreams.pt/files/lisboa_airport.JPG?0

http://www.publituris.pt/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/aeroportolx.jpg

http://docs.airtuga.com/2010/02/aeroporto-sa-carneiro.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LurUHj49Tjw/TDB61K-Ac9I/AAAAAAAACTk/5ylQMCi-UYY/s1600/20100704+Tap.jpg
Aeroporto de Lisboa

Aerial and river views

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http://lve.scola.ac-paris.fr/portugais/site%20internet%20ac%20images/photos%20pays%20luso/Lisbonne/vista%20aerea9.jpg

http://www.strawberryworld-lisbon.com/galleries/Portugal/Lisbon/Lisbon/lisbon_10.jpg

http://www.strawberryworld-lisbon.com/galleries/Portugal/Lisbon/Lisbon/lisbon_22.jpg

[Rouxinol]

More random Lisbon

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Belém e Doca de Belém

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http://perlbal.hi-pi.com/blog-images/503627/gd/1194098795/Bares-na-Doca-de-Santo-Amaro.jpg

http://www.cm-lisboa.pt/archive/img/Doca_de_Santo_Amaro_Foto_Lu_s_Ponte_1.jpg
Doca de Santo Amaro

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http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/8001/dsc00057pp5.jpg
Entrecampos

[Rouxinol]

More random Lisbon

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/2175/dsc00026fn7.jpg
Rossio

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Rua do Carmo

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http://www.refer.pt/Portals/0/conteudos/imagens/Esta%C3%A7%C3%A3oSantaApolonia_tratada.jpg

http://cristinagarcia.no.sapo.pt/apolonia.jpg

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/356/metrosapx9.jpg
Estação de Sta. Apolónia

http://www.lojaindustria.com/loja/elementos/Taguspark.jpg

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TagusPark

http://cvc.instituto-camoes.pt/ciencia/istm.jpg

http://www.procura-fleets.eu/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/p1180010.jpg
Instituto Superior Técnico

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1170/3168612514_68d59ae9a7.jpg
Teatro Nacional D. Maria II

[Rouxinol]

Museu Casa das Histórias - Paula Rego (Cascais)
Architecht: Eduardo Souto Moura

http://mediaserver.rr.pt/newrr/casa_paula_rego4288e64c_630x354.JPG

http://weluv.it/art-culture/casa-das-historias-paula-rego/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/casadashistriaspaularego/casa-paula-rego.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NGG3Fav8gtw/Srz7Yk3rkYI/AAAAAAAAAp4/x3P4CmcOwTk/s400/A+Casa+das+Hist%C3%B3rias.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7lygSKQ8c0M/SrYGhNX6p3I/AAAAAAAABys/32VHolEXkhQ/s400/Casa+das+Hist%C3%B3rias+-+19+Setembro+025.jpg

http://linhadeleitura.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/paularego.jpg

http://www.all-doing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Casa-das-Hist%C3%B3rias-interior.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I0EY66wbZvo/TOveFAVAo7I/AAAAAAAADYc/A3FYUrpUv-M/s1600/IMG_1246.JPG

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kYOyfvHa9V4/TWPeFvBiEeI/AAAAAAAADEE/I8glbFGU-ck/s1600/CHPR%2B-%2Bo%2Batelier.jpg

[Rouxinol]

Porto



Porto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtu]), also known as Oporto (English), is the second largest city in Portugal. Its administrative limits (an area of 41.66 km²/16 sq.mi) includes a population of 220,000 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes. The urbanized area of Porto, which extends beyond the administrative limits of the city, has a population of 1.1 million[2][3] in an area of 389 km2 (150 sq mi),[2] making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. The Porto Metropolitan Area includes approximately 1.3 million people,[4][5][6] and is recognized as a Gamma-level global city by the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Study Group.

Located along the Douro river estuary in northern Portugal, Porto is one of the oldest European centres, and registered as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996. Its settlement dates back several centuries, when it was an outpost of the Roman Empire. Its Latin name, Portus Cale,[7] has been referred to as the origin for the name "Portugal," based on transliteration and oral evolution from Latin.

One of Portugal's internationally famous exports, port wine, is named for Porto, since the metropolitan area, and in particular the adegas of Vila Nova de Gaia, were responsible for the production and export of the fortified wine.

Source: Wikipedia.org


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Ribeira, Palácio Episcopal and Catedral as seen from the river Douro

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Avenida dos Aliados

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Palácio da Bolsa

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Panorama of Porto's historical center

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Câmara Municipal

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Vinho do Porto (Port wine) cellars

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Ponte Luís I (then and now)

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http://fotografiasjcd.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/2005-10-31-casa-da-musica-exterior-61.jpg
Casa da Música

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http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5217/5474605254_d89ee992d2.jpg
Metro do Porto (subway)

[Rouxinol]

Porto

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http://mjfs.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/pav-rosa-mota.jpg
Palácio de Cristal

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http://i.olhares.com/data/big/43/434131.jpg
Forte de S. Francisco Xavier (Castelo do Queijo)

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R4aqmZ6xtsc/Sw_xmQHTPWI/AAAAAAAAAEA/q7mbo__dsGg/s1600/TORRE+DOS+CL%C3%89RIGOS.jpg

http://keepqueenalive.com.sapo.pt/encontro_porto_5.6.2005%20015.jpg
Torre dos Clérigos

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Pr_Batalha_%28Porto%29.jpg
Praça da Batalha

http://simplycommuting.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/rua-santa-catarina.jpeg

http://images.travelpod.com/users/jeffanddana/1.1291844230.1_cafe-majestic.jpg
Rua de Santa Catarina

[Kosovo je Sjrbia]

The Castle of São Jorge is a moorish castle that occupies a commanding position overlooking the city of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, and the broad Tagus River (Portuguese: Rio Tejo) beyond. The strongly fortified citadel, which, in its present configuration, dates from medieval times, is located atop the highest hill in the historic center of the city. The castle is one of the main historical and touristic sites of Lisbon.

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/100_0071Lisbon.jpg/450px-100_0071Lisbon.jpg

http://photos.igougo.com/images/p327466-Lisbon-Looking_East.jpg

[Rouxinol]

I had posted Castelo de São Jorge, Lisbon, earlier, there's no need to repeat the same. It was conquered, indeed, to the Moorish invasors by Portugal's first king D. Afonso Henriques in the 12th century, as well as many others south of the Mondego. Not only fortifications, but also some mosques they had built here and which were then either destroyed or converted to Christian churches. By the way, you are not welcome here.

The conquering of Lisbon:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_S-CeBwoQBF8/TMQEG-t2DHI/AAAAAAAABAs/4RJ9q3yL3PA/s1600/ConquistaLisboaGameiro.jpg

[Rouxinol]

Porto

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http://placeswithoutborders.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/praca_mouzinho_de_albuquerque_-_vista_aerea.jpg

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Rotunda da Boavista/Praça Mouzinho de Albuquerque

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h5iha17iyPA/TD9RUVdRAPI/AAAAAAAAA2U/kJ0Blwfubto/s1600/Estadio%2520Dragao.jpg
Estádio do Dragão

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/8098/ribeira_do_porto_iii.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/18579473.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Porto12.jpg
Ribeira

http://www.serralves.pt/fotos/gca/fundacao1_1158073649.jpg

http://www.serralves.pt/fotos/gca/museuapresentacao_1164203932.jpg

http://www.serralves.pt/fotos/gca/parque3_1156332860.jpg

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Serralves

At night:


http://www.enfocado.com/fotos/porto_noite_2_g.jpg

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http://ipt.olhares.com/data/big/109/1096749.jpg

[Rouxinol]

The palheiros, typical houses from Costa Nova do Prado in Ílhavo, Aveiro.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Costa_Nova_do_Prado.jpg/800px-Costa_Nova_do_Prado.jpg

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http://ipt.olhares.com/data/big/147/1479994.jpg

http://verpaises.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/palheiros-costa-nova.jpg


The palheiro is a Portuguese traditional wooden house, built on stilts that can be wooden as can be stone pillars.
Despite the name, these barns are not suitable for storing straw, but for housing. The huts were a type of construction typical of Aveiro, where the sandy terrain and marshy not allowed to build houses on the ground. The buildings palafitte made ​​possible that the waters of the estuary might rise, flooding the ground without them reach the housing. Also allowed the sand, dragged by the wind to pass freely underneath the house without it to accumulate against the walls .

[Rouxinol]

Aveiro


Aveiro (Portuguese pronunciation: [aˈvɐjɾu]) is a city in Aveiro Municipality in Portugal, with a total area of 199.9 km², a total population of 73,559 inhabitants, and 59,860 electors (2006). It is the second most populous city in the Centro Region of Portugal, after Coimbra. However, the city of Aveiro together with neighbouring Ílhavo, make one conurbation which has a population of 113,908 inhabitants, making it one of the most important by population density in the Centro Region.


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Moliceiros de Aveiro: the city's typical boats

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http://sweet.ua.pt/~helder/images/paisagens/moliceir.jpg

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The city center

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The University

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The Ria de Aveiro

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http://www.av.it.pt/aveirocidade/images/max/aveiro1g.jpg

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[Zephyr]

http://photos.igougo.com/images/p327466-Lisbon-Looking_East.jpg

Is that a relative of yours? :D

[Jnovais]

A beautifull picture of Santa luzia chapel in Viana do Castelo:

[Ausência Forçada]

Sintra - castle

http://orga.netau.net/Sintra/Sintra%20-%20Castelo%20dos%20Mouros/Gr/Sintra%20-%20Castelo%20dos%20Mouros%20-%202006-07-23%20-%20053.JPG

Obidos - castle

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Obidos_April_2009-4b.jpg/800px-Obidos_April_2009-4b.jpg

Santa Maria da Feira - castle

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[The Lawspeaker]

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[Catrau]

The Castle of São Jorge is a moorish castle that occupies a commanding position overlooking the city of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, and the broad Tagus River (Portuguese: Rio Tejo) beyond. The strongly fortified citadel, which, in its present configuration, dates from medieval times, is located atop the highest hill in the historic center of the city. The castle is one of the main historical and touristic sites of Lisbon.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3528/4089670071_0971338de0.jpg



http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Lisboa34.jpg

Castelo de São Jorge.
It stands high in one of Lisbon hills, in a site occupied since at least the 6th century BC. There are traces of occupation by Phoenicians, Greeks and Carthaginians. After the Roman conquest of Lusitania, the so-called Olissipo was granted by the Roman governor, the praetor Caius Julius Caesar the title of Felicitas Julia. After the fall of the Empire, it was taken by the Germans, first by the Suevi and then by the Visigoths. In 719 would fall into Muslim hands and was called Al-Ushbuna. It would be retaken by Christians in 796 the first time, however, there was a considerable distance to the Christian bases further north and the various Christian takeovers were only temporary. It is finally conquered by Afonso Henriques in 1147.

[Damião de Góis]

S. Jorge isn't a moorish castle because it has been rebuilt a few times, always with christian architecture. Of course, foreigners like "Kosovo is Serbia" or whatever don't know that.
Here is what a real moorish castle looks like, in Alcácer do Sal, southern Portugal:

http://www.alentejolitoral.pt/PortalRegional/PublishingImages/Turismo%20de%20Neg%C3%B3cios/alcacer33-cc.jpg

http://c4.quickcachr.fotos.sapo.pt/i/N2802bf04/4491328_PE5dP.jpeg

[Zephyr]

Sure it is one of the few surviving pieces of islamic architecture in Portugal (the best one being Mértola's church), but given the amount of revampings it suffered, truth be told, there's not much left that could still make Alcácer castle resemble a typical Qasbah...

It even has a roof and a parabolic antenna now :D

[Catrau]

Sure it is one of the few surviving pieces of islamic architecture in Portugal (the best one being Mértola's church), but given the amount of revampings it suffered, truth be told, there's not much left that could still make Alcácer castle resemble a typical Qasbah...

It even has a roof and a parabolic antenna now :D

The Church of Mértola is a reuse of the former mosque of XII-XIII centuries. It was with the Knights of Santiago in 1238, after sacred to the use of Christian ritual, that this building of was firstely changed from a mosque.
Today, the church features a Mértola Mudejar theme of the sixteenth century, maybe the only mudejar art example in Portugal. But nevertheless, it is possible, from certain architectural and decorative elements like small minarets, reconstitute the Moorish temple.

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Alentejo14.jpg

[Catrau]

MINHO, Northwestern Portugal


City of Guimarães
The the medieval foundation is in the 10th Century, when the lady of the lands, the Countess Mumadona Dias, widow of Hermengildo Mendes, Earl of Portus Cale, built a monastery that would give rise to the present church of Our Lady of the Olive and of the castle to defend the growing population.
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Minho/Guimares72.jpg


Ducal Palace, Guimarães.
Main hall at the Ducal Palace decorated with a copy of the mythical Pastrana Tapestries. Commissioned by King John V to the Flemish workshops of Tournai, they were lost to after being completed and mysteriously appeared in Spain in 1532. They portray the Portuguese conquest of Northern Africa.
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Minho/Guimares13.jpg


Guimarães
Romanesque facade of the Chapel of St. Michael's near the Castle, with typical loophole-shaped window and door in two archivolt arch, one of them with Visigoth motifs.
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Minho/Guimares16.jpg


Castle, Guimarães
The spectacular west facade, facing the city of the Castle of Guimarães. Built in the 10th century between 950 and 959 was a stronghold of the county and then of the kingdom.
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Minho/Guimares17.jpg


Old Wall
Wall of the borough, is contemporary of the castle and was built by the Countess Mumadona Dias between 950 and 959.
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Minho/Guimares83-1.jpg


The most famous section of the Old Wall
"Aqui Nasceu Portugal"
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Minho/Guimares30.jpg


Largo da Oliveira, Guimarães
The magnificent Largo da Oliveira (Olive Square)
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Minho/Guimares21.jpg

Largo da Oliveira, Guimarães
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Minho/Guimares50.jpg


Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães
The church of Our Lady of Olive and Padrão of Salado.
The church was founded by Countess Mumadona Dias in the 10th century and it is based on a Latin/Byzantine church. Underwent successive rebuilding: Romance (13th century), Gothic (14th century) and neoclassical (19th century), the predominant style is the Gothic of John I reform.
The Padrão of Salado was erected in 1342 by Afonso IV after the great Luso-Castilian victory at the Battle of Salado (Cadiz) against the King of Morocco and the Emir of Granada in 1340.
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Minho/Guimares34.jpg


Guimarães
Former Municipal Hall (Domus Municipalis). It is a 15th century building with Gothic arches connecting the Oliveira Square to the Santiago Square.
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Minho/Guimares35.jpg


Santiago Square, Guimarães
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Minho/Guimares53.jpg


The Portuguese flag
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Minho/Guimares52.jpg

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Minho/Guimares63.jpg


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*All photos taken by me, you can't use them commercially.

[Damião de Góis]

I think northern towns are generally much "prettier" than southern towns (not counting Lisbon). I'm saying this and i'm southern, of course.

[Catrau]

I think northern towns are generally much "prettier" than southern towns (not counting Lisbon). I'm saying this and i'm southern, of course.

Oh yes Alex but villages in the south are much prettier than in the north, i'll post some more tomorrow.
Now --> Bed

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[Elbegast]

Chaves, Vila Real
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dilYBxWKfBI/TDeHSobilmI/AAAAAAAAAQc/GnSkX2WhyY0/s1600/ponte+romana+chaves.jpg
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/5745003.jpg
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/3435441.jpg
http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/61/ca/e9/chaves-portugal-castelo.jpg
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/3435535.jpg
http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/display/3fd66916-a0db-48ed-8583-a0f057196b3e.jpg

[Elbegast]

The Peneda-Gerês National Park

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/920109.jpg
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/1233006.jpg
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/177570.jpg
http://perlbal.hi-pi.com/blog-images/504353/gd/1237504880/Parque-Nacional-da-Peneda-Geres.jpg
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/4091/pradosdamesse67is3.jpg
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/3274/pradosdamesse25tc8.jpg

[Catrau]

MINHO

São Torcato, Guimarães
Typical landscape of Minho, pastures, vineyards and Alpendurada vineyard.
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Minho/Guimares46.jpg


Boavista, Guimarães
Typical agricultural landscape of Minho. Properties bounded by osiers which support the Alpendurada vines. The properties are small, moreover, a common feature north of the Tagus, and it seems a Swabian inheritance.
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Minho/Guimares9.jpg


Campo de Batalha da Ataca, Guimarães
Battlefield of the São Mamede Battle.
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Minho/Guimares10.jpg


Campo de Batalha da Ataca, Guimarães
Afonsinhos - Sculpture set designed by Augusto de Vasconcelos representing Afonso Henriques's troops at the Battle of San Mamede.
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Minho/Guimares8.jpg


Campo de Batalha da Ataca, Guimarães
In this area - the population suggestively named "Field of Attack" - took place, according to tradition, the beginning of the Battle of São Mamede, that came out victorious D. Afonso Henriques, our first king, 24 June 1128. This date is considered by many historians as "The first day of Portugal."
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Minho/Guimares39.jpg

[Catrau]

MINHO:

All pics from the city of Braga

From Bracara Augusta to Braga ... it has been the capital of the Roman province of Gallaecia , capital of the German Swabian kingdom (from the Tagus to Galicia) and head of the most important Iberian bishopric.
It's a 2000 years old commercial centre.
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Minho/Braga11.jpg


The New Gate Arch, buid in 1772
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Minho/Braga9.jpg


Church of Santa Cruz. It’s a Baroque-style church built in the 17th century.
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Minho/Braga7.jpg


Centrum
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Minho/Braga5.jpg


Garden of Santa Barbara and Old Archbishop's Palace of Braga.
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Minho/Braga4.jpg


On left, the Chapel of the Kings where are buried the Count D. Henry of Burgundy and Countess Teresa of León, parents of the 1st King of Portugal, Afonso Henriques.
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Minho/Braga2.jpg


The phrase "as old as the Braga’s Cathedral!" is justified. It is the oldest Portuguese cathedral and the early Portuguese records date back to 1070 but there was already a paleochristian temple of five ships which in turn was based on a Roman temple to the goddess Isis.
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Minho/Braga1.jpg


Manor House, centrum.
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Minho/Braga13.jpg

New Stars from Braga: the football club "Sporting de Braga" aka Minho warriors and their asthonishing piece of art stadium.
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Minho/Est_Braga.png
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Minho/Braga_Lima.jpg

[The Lawspeaker]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Lev%C3%A1da_25_fontes.jpg

A very typical feature of Madeira are the socalled levadas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levada). Or irrigation channels some of which even date back to the 16th century.


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Madeira_Beach_%28163610932%29.jpg
The manufactured coastal beach of Calheta: replacing the dark rock/sand of the volcanic island with beach sand for tourism.


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/S_Martinho_794.jpg
The Centro Cívico de São Martinho in São Martinho, Funchal. The modern Church of St Martin is in the background.

[2Cool]

Pics from all over Portugal Part 1:

http://i.imgur.com/tufe3.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/E5jfx.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/0rNAK.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/hrVGa.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/3Wvsw.jpg
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http://i.imgur.com/SjYSP.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/gUgTt.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/e6scU.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/MFUzn.jpg

[2Cool]

Pics from all over Portugal Part 2:

http://i.imgur.com/V2MxR.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/WFxXI.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/UqrKX.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/zd8OG.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/2UwaT.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/zPTgN.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/8PQGT.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/bVxB3.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/rx7kA.jpg

[2Cool]

Pics from all over Portugal Part 3:

http://i.imgur.com/PBdie.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ukw4i.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/trqI1.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/K2KWd.jpg
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http://i.imgur.com/W21kQ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ylhG2.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/QA3ZG.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/0cLlU.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/TlVdj.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/LkQIp.jpg

[Catrau]

For better resolution: the original UTube video page.

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[2Cool]

http://i.imgur.com/vN4kQ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/1GHRg.jpg

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http://i.imgur.com/q2OVE.jpg

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[2Cool]

http://i.imgur.com/WO1eK.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/qtyhu.jpg

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http://i.imgur.com/lfa1U.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/jPLPC.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/BO0Ya.jpg

[Damião de Góis]

Some pictures of Beja:


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[2Cool]

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[2Cool]

http://i.imgur.com/4JLse.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Ggwvh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/wvoMX.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/qHYGS.jpg

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http://i.imgur.com/YoSE8.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Yw8Jj.jpg

[Damião de Góis]

http://i.imgur.com/Ggwvh.jpg


Where is this one? Looks more like Brazil.

[2Cool]

^^^

Ponta do Sol in Madeira

[Catrau]

It was a nice motorsport weekend:

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Z7CzOSRuRgI

[2Cool]

http://i.imgur.com/uSjFm.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/QUFEp.jpg

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http://i.imgur.com/iGuPi.jpg

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[2Cool]

http://i.imgur.com/aUblV.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/yVPlr.jpg

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http://i.imgur.com/uhenk.jpg

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http://i.imgur.com/TlqHC.jpg

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http://i.imgur.com/MORNr.jpg

[Catrau]

Cidade do Porto

Portus Cale or Galician Port is a name known at least since 200 BC and ends up giving the name of Portugal. Won the title "Old City, Noble, Loyal and Always Invicta" by the brave deeds of its inhabitants, it is the city of Porto.
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Porto/Porto7.jpg

Ribeira do Porto, view from Gaia
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Porto/167723_1801833804125_1188234743_2106603_1241410_n. jpg

Ribeira do Porto, view from Gaia
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Porto/162839_1751565107439_1188234743_2009930_8085436_n. jpg

Sandman Wine Cellars, Gaia
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Porto/168667_1801833964129_1188234743_2106604_6117593_n. jpg

Ribeira quayside
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Porto/164714_1751566347470_1188234743_2009935_7243551_n. jpg

Famous Don Luís I bridge, completed in 1887
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Porto/165750_1751565387446_1188234743_2009931_6108741_n. jpg

Guindais funicular, Don Luis bridge and Ferdinand Wall completed in 1370
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Porto/35593_1751566067463_1188234743_2009934_1796906_n.j pg

Statue of Vímara Peres and Oporto Cathedral. Vímara Peres reconquered Porto from Moors in 868.
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Porto/167926_1751565667453_1188234743_2009932_3672555_n. jpg

[Riki]

Seia

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2ggRGPimNW8/R3LwVTPsAzI/AAAAAAAAAIw/E_0a1xtOD9k/s400/Loriga+nocturno.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2ggRGPimNW8/R3Ls9DPsAyI/AAAAAAAAAIo/_8pxVfbxXrc/s400/AV.+LUIS+CAM%C3%95ES.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2ggRGPimNW8/R3GAbzPsAwI/AAAAAAAAAIY/oUqnUpEe00o/s400/fotos+concurso+inatel+014.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2ggRGPimNW8/R3F_qTPsAvI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/vQ5oxEqFWBs/s400/fotos+concurso+inatel+015.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2ggRGPimNW8/ST7wJILSyXI/AAAAAAAAAuY/Ezn4QxOGGis/S220/Seia+igreja.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2ggRGPimNW8/SRb7uMCjB5I/AAAAAAAAApc/th4c61UcLK8/S220/Seia+fonte+4+bicas.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2ggRGPimNW8/R-KyakeMlhI/AAAAAAAAARo/81j1A1BTkQs/S220/seia+pintura.JPG

[2Cool]

Praia da Vitória - Terceira, Açores

http://i.imgur.com/ZCUVB.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/g4RjV.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/9GyZ6.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/onaj9.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/0aNUa.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/sYZ6N.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Dy0L6.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/T8ZOY.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/5X5Pn.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/cRWNc.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/pWA5R.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/XfcB5.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/XnPmW.jpg

[Atlantic Islander]

The Azores

http://i43.tinypic.com/w2eyqv.jpg

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http://i43.tinypic.com/mtmr8j.jpg

[Atlantic Islander]

cont.

http://i40.tinypic.com/zl4y9j.jpg

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http://i42.tinypic.com/33aw87d.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/25gfj40.jpg

[Rouxinol]

Praça Luís de Camões, Lisboa
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/382879_10150418156780146_666380145_9014886_4730748 79_n.jpg

Bairro Alto, Lisboa
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/578871_10150643109940146_666380145_9814462_3155110 _n.jpg

[Atlantic Islander]

Some more Azores.

http://i49.tinypic.com/2dba0xu.jpg

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http://i49.tinypic.com/2n6yhz9.jpg

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http://i50.tinypic.com/wjfixi.jpg

http://i46.tinypic.com/msf7k9.jpg

[2Cool]

http://i.imgur.com/Uymo8.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/x6chV.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/a9w98.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/0zVro.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/TFhwy.jpg
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http://i.imgur.com/DKd5g.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/3lBnB.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/g6ilV.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/kzVI8.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/5SYYC.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/2Xcw8.jpg

[Apina]

Uma das praias mais bonitas que já vi :)
Praia da Marinha
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p_64Cvjm1qQ/TduROM6O_nI/AAAAAAAAAAU/nV3Q9IvT6LQ/s1600/PRAIA%252520DA%252520MARINHA-7%255B1%255D.jpg

[Catrau]

Porta Férrea, Coimbra
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Coimbra/7633_1237419974132_1188234743_725159_2181062_n.jpg

Veteran Students, Coimbra
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Coimbra/7633_1237420014133_1188234743_725160_8231360_n.jpg

Largo Dom Dinis (Univ. Coimbra), Coimbra
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Coimbra/7633_1237419854129_1188234743_725156_7231734_n.jpg

Escadas de Minerva, Coimbra
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Coimbra/7633_1237419934131_1188234743_725158_5405763_n.jpg

Arco da Barbacã, Coimbra
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Coimbra/310172_2308273344797_1188234743_2786693_4888798_n. jpg

Torre de Vigia do Arco de Almedina, Coimbra
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Coimbra/297382_2308275984863_1188234743_2786699_5711882_n. jpg

Torre de Vigia do Arco de Almedina, Coimbra
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Coimbra/307977_2308276304871_1188234743_2786700_4241126_n. jpg

Sé Velha, Coimbra
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Coimbra/312821_2308274584828_1188234743_2786695_1821867_n. jpg

Isabel de Aragão (A Rainha Santa), Coimbra
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Coimbra/311612_2308279664955_1188234743_2786708_6613800_n. jpg

Rua do Quebracostas, Coimbra
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Coimbra/308926_2308272904786_1188234743_2786692_7509233_n. jpg

Igreja de Santiago, Coimbra
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Coimbra/310839_2308278904936_1188234743_2786706_6259621_n. jpg

Rua Visconde da Luz, Coimbra
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Coimbra/300170_2308277864910_1188234743_2786703_4615041_n. jpg

Túmulo do Primeiro Rei de Portugal, Afonso Henriques, Coimbra
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Coimbra/291995_2308271544752_1188234743_2786691_3253664_n. jpg

[2Cool]

Not a pic but nice nonetheless, Video about the Minho region:

YiBVtJp8DOI

[Catrau]

Not a pic but nice nonetheless, Video about the Minho region:

YiBVtJp8DOI

Altamente;
Espectacular;

Gosto disto pah!!!

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Minho/305805_2492514190703_1188234743_2944642_1884823411 _n.jpg

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Minho/165665_1745781242846_1188234743_1994905_8128991_n. jpg

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Minho/166263_1745779442801_1188234743_1994894_4454538_n. jpg

[Apina]

Provavelmente, alguém já o postou, mas tinha de postar uma foto da cidade mágica de Coimbra - boaa!
http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/79724/coimbra_a_noite2.jpg

[Vasconcelos]

Este fim de semana vou a Braga-Guimarães, se puder depois meto aqui umas fotos.

[Catrau]

Este fim de semana vou a Braga-Guimarães, se puder depois meto aqui umas fotos.

De Braga para Guimarães, faz um desvio à N101 e vai à Citânia de Briteiros respirar fundo o ar fresco da manhã.

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Castros%20do%20Noroeste%20Peninsular/268495_2121664839701_1188234743_2567768_7503308_n. jpg

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Castros%20do%20Noroeste%20Peninsular/167796_1743571267598_1188234743_1991274_5347690_n. jpg

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Castros%20do%20Noroeste%20Peninsular/164859_1743691630607_1188234743_1991370_4731764_n. jpg

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Castros%20do%20Noroeste%20Peninsular/163235_1743591788111_1188234743_1991307_2757197_n. jpg

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Castros%20do%20Noroeste%20Peninsular/164083_1743592188121_1188234743_1991309_1096486_n. jpg

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Castros%20do%20Noroeste%20Peninsular/35310_1506248894687_1188234743_1456371_3798379_n.j pg

As nossas raizes mais profundas estão em sítios como aquele.


Provavelmente, alguém já o postou, mas tinha de postar uma foto da cidade mágica de Coimbra - boaa!


Apina, dá uma vista de olhas mais acima no thread.
E outra aqui:
http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7579&page=50

[Vasconcelos]

De Braga para Guimarães, faz um desvio à N101 e vai à Citânia de Briteiros respirar fundo o ar fresco da manhã.

Claro, não podia deixar de dar lá um salto!

[Vasconcelos]

Varias fotos de Guimarães..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/Rokolev/helio/Norte016.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/Rokolev/helio/Norte099.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/Rokolev/helio/Norte021.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/Rokolev/helio/Norte025.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/Rokolev/helio/Norte032.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/Rokolev/helio/Norte042.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/Rokolev/helio/Norte073.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/Rokolev/helio/Norte086.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/Rokolev/helio/Norte094.jpg

[Vasconcelos]

Braga, just a small joke only Portuguese will understand.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/Rokolev/helio/Norte179.jpg

[Damião de Góis]

I don't get it? Is it because i'm southern? :(

[Catrau]

"Ver Braga por um Canudo"

:p

[Vasconcelos]

"Ver Braga por um Canudo"

:p

Exacto lol :p

[Catrau]

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[Catrau]

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[Catrau]

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[Catrau]

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[Catrau]

Approach to Faro

49VCRrKpLVs

[Catrau]

Approach to Funchal, Madeira
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[Ausência Forçada]

Douro
http://i.imgur.com/siava.jpg

Porto
http://i.imgur.com/wsnl6.jpg

Évora
http://i.imgur.com/PxQ9n.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/82XgE.jpg

Braga (quase desapareceu Nevão)
http://i.imgur.com/SVtDe.jpg

Cabo Carvoeiro
http://i.imgur.com/IYzbx.png

Lousã
http://i.imgur.com/jvoVl.jpg

Algarve
http://i.imgur.com/IOXAj.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/OTc7W.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/NMfK1.jpg

Arcos de Valdevez
http://i.imgur.com/sGhzd.jpg

[Apina]

Faro é a pior cidade portuguesa que visitei. Insuportável com as massas de turistas ingleses que vao para lá cada verao. Tenho pena dos coitados portugueses que vivem lá. Embora tenha algumas boas praias que seriam realmente boas se nao fosse pelos ingleses xD

[Rouxinol]

Some aerials of Lisbon (taken from Cristo Rei):

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/35284_1156045837749_3005260_n.jpg http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/35284_1156045757747_2670959_n.jpg http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/35284_1156045717746_2680171_n.jpg http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/35284_1156045797748_3767453_n.jpg http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/35284_1156045677745_4773705_n.jpg

[Rouxinol]

I think that Madeira is definitely one of the most beautiful islands in the world.

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/381613_302197123153596_891193817_n.jpg http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/215172_233108966729079_3500277_n.jpg http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/58012_171181689588474_4052422_n.jpg http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/390059_302196823153626_299183721_n.jpg http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/281727_233109130062396_129662_n.jpg http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/282622_231578563548786_2351191_n.jpg http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/383831_302197306486911_711961632_n.jpg http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/164179_171230046250305_2122427_n.jpg http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/65396_171199622920014_8218968_n.jpg http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/185481_233109346729041_6416385_n.jpg http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/65396_171199632920013_5694746_n.jpg http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/285111_232633096776666_3907700_n.jpg http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/251737_233109096729066_2735026_n.jpg http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/378599_302196993153609_649120824_n.jpg

[Rouxinol]

More from Madeira:

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/164179_171230039583639_1862731_n.jpg http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/385145_302208839819091_1077361047_n.jpg http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/282191_232629456777030_3114310_n.jpg http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/62630_398811560158818_2064187201_n.jpg http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/380186_398811603492147_1685353948_n.jpg http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/545878_398811743492133_484980941_n.jpg http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/318274_427678343938806_977997630_n.jpg http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/198273_427679383938702_480332225_n.jpg http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/562146_427680640605243_174624505_n.jpg http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/165959_427681193938521_962073704_n.jpg http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/68169_172164322823544_1752207_n.jpg http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/68169_172164332823543_4332218_n.jpg http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/156698_172168229489820_807460_n.jpg http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/68169_172164336156876_6416542_n.jpg http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/164384_172173949489248_7232923_n.jpg

[Rouxinol]

Madeira:

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/319789_393334394039868_339203588_n.jpg http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/580647_393334580706516_492109839_n.jpg http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/306283_393337257372915_924768402_n.jpg http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/555509_393341147372526_1680401015_n.jpg http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/563331_391188767587764_1042802220_n.jpg http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/578182_391724547534186_15616635_n.jpg http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/577612_391189807587660_64645511_n.jpg
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/384841_319060798133895_803735997_n.jpg http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/384389_319060284800613_1346068044_n.jpg http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/179634_179891432050833_6850472_n.jpg http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/391949_306083039431671_2038622723_n.jpg http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/565017_377446178962023_1171804885_n.jpg http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/163259_179687798737863_7474514_n.jpg http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/166308_180509655322344_2535454_n.jpg
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/166308_180509661989010_24281_n.jpg

[Damião de Góis]

Madeira:

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/163259_179687798737863_7474514_n.jpg

This one really looks awesome.

[Vasconcelos]

And it does show how vulnerable the place is to landslides.

[The Lawspeaker]

And it does show how vulnerable the place is to landslides.

A nightmare. If that mountain caves in.. the people down there will have no place to go. :eek:

[Catrau]

Misty morning, Alto Alentejo
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Alentejo.jpg

Tourega Dam, Évora, Alto Alentejo
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/BarragemTourega_vora.jpg

Belver by the Tagus, Alto Alentejo
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Belver_BeiraBaixa.jpg

Castro do Mozinho, Galegos, Penafiel
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Castro_Mozinho_Galegos_Penafiel.jpg

Funchal, Madeira
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Funchal.jpg

Douro River, Vilarinho dos Galegos, Mogadouro, Trás-os-Montes
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Lilarinho_dos_galegos_mogadouro.jpg

Monsaraz, Évora, Alto Alentejo
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Monsaraz.jpg

Oriente Train Station, Lisboa
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Oriente_Lisboa.jpg

Pico island seen from Faial island, Açores
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Pico.jpg

Pico Ruivo seen from Pico do Areeiro, Madeira
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Pico_do_Areeiro.jpg

Piódão, Beira Litoral
http://www.guiadacidade.pt/pt/poi-piodao-16918
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Piodo.jpg

São Luis bridge, Porto
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Porto.jpg

Serra da Estrela, Beira Baixa
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/SerradaEstrela.jpg

Sistelo, Arcos de Valdevez, Minho
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/SisteloArcosdeValdevez.jpg

Pictures taken from Facebook group "Descobrir Portugal"
https://www.facebook.com/absolutportugal

[aimar]

Pictures from both my mother and father's birthplace, a little village(1.000 inhabitants) lost in northern Portugal, Penedono
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/7863/img9788cpia.jpg
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/1588/img9809cpia.jpg
http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/1282/img9857cpia.jpg
http://ipt.olhares.com/data/big/39/396458.jpg

[AkisGreece]

Beautiful country.

[Rouxinol]

Foz do Douro, Porto

Farol de Felgueiras:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5217/5453586729_520593f095_z.jpg http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1158/5145145369_a17bebb7ef_z.jpg http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3479/4047674826_3c5cf46402_z.jpg http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4103/5034674654_97bd09d889_z.jpg

Castelo do Queijo:

http://farm1.staticflickr.com/117/282608090_97a4573fc6_z.jpg?zz=1 http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7081/7187246813_7b386a13e9_z.jpg http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2154/2170934393_7726929ac5_z.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/AlmeidaGate.jpg http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3260/2580701633_56aa05c43e_z.jpg

[2Cool]

Ponta Delgada

http://i.imgur.com/14uZr.jpg

[Catrau]

The Douro Vineyards Region produces wine for more than 2000 years; it is a UNESCO World Heritage site for cultural landscapes; it is, since 1756, the first bordered wine producing region in the world; it is the most fantastic place for a romantic weekend that includes the finest wines, gastronomy, cruises in the 200 km Portuguese Douro waterway route, sleep in the most exquisite manor houses and enjoy unrepeatable landscapes. I love this land.

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Douro13.jpg

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Douro10.jpg

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Douro.jpg

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Douro2.jpg

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Douro4.jpg

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Douro5.jpg

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Douro6.jpg

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Douro7.jpg

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Douro8.jpg

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Douro10-1.jpg

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Douro9.jpg

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Douro11.jpg

http://en.lifecooler.com/lifecooleren/mesao-frio-categ2.htm

http://www.wayfaring.info/2011/07/06/welcome-to-the-portuguese-paradise/

[aimar]

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/1613011.jpg

http://ipt.olhares.com/data/big/67/674319.jpg

Caramulo, 30km away from me.
Very green mountain

[Rouxinol]

A port wine boats regatta on the Douro river by the occasion of São João festivities:

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/555827_381474118582538_479090899_n.jpg http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/208962_381474198582530_1918759675_n.jpg http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/521948_381474211915862_1433612482_n.jpg http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/311634_381474245249192_1578978896_n.jpg http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/255371_381474271915856_385405202_n.jpg http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/382439_381474298582520_1451788521_n.jpg http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/282291_381622241901059_1969926538_n.jpg http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/229946_381142238615726_420484342_n.jpg

[Vasconcelos]

"Rabelos". :P

[aimar]

Cascata(waterfall) da mizarela in Arouca
http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/51206/432~mizarela-2009~05-2.jpg

biggest waterfall in Portugal

[aimar]

Some pictures of my hometown
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo13/tlaloc_pt/Fotos%20albuns/235-1595-METE_RGB-12-12-1_europa150.png
location in the portuguese map

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SCq6ytvg4RI/TBX67XS0KnI/AAAAAAAACEk/dADXGKuchIw/s1600/se_viseu.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e326/danielcoimbra/Viseu/DSC06419.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k174/jpda74/Viseu/Picture076.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=391180
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e326/danielcoimbra/Viseu/DSC06406.jpg
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/5499/img1474.jpg
http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/4804/img1505.jpg
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/6923/img1506p.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TusF5Y_w79s/T42JOhAeXrI/AAAAAAAABak/_BQUHzIMS7w/s1600/DSC_7270.JPG
now some pictures of the landscape surrounding the city:

http://inlinethumb29.webshots.com/42268/2579626650103742014S600x600Q85.jpg
my city is underneath those clouds
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v282/fern_p_/Imagem022.jpg
http://www.georiscos.com/images/blog/139Agosto/DSCN0153.JPG

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1134/1232944543_5250be4ecf.jpg
http://cidadedelamego.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/22823077qfui3zxelamego28421.jpg

[Catrau]

Some pictures of my hometown


Who is this knight on the ground of Rua Direita in Viseu??

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Beiras8.jpg

[2Cool]

Lagos
http://i.imgur.com/K6Xk4.jpg

[aimar]

Douro Valley in the north part of my district
http://static.flickr.com/9/69345163_f6653edb0a_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/41/74589178_e5ddda9b65_o.jpg
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8346/dourolf6gf.jpg

Serra da Estrela, to the southeast

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s164/daniel_staclara/SerraEstrela/Imagem067.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/Arpels/serradaestrela15.jpg

[Catrau]

Portas de Rodão

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/portas_de_rodao_CBranco3.jpg

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/portas_de_rodao_CBranco2.jpg

[Damião de Góis]

My home town (the city i was born in, not the one i live in) is probably among the least pretty in Portugal. Luckily it's surrounded by great landscapes but the city itself is not very good looking.

Setúbal

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/c_europeu/images/fotosetubal1_img.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VCGZNG7v4hg/T1zN1E2JeKI/AAAAAAAAE50/YPPrlOTuWC4/s1600/setubal.jpg

surroundings, just outside of the city (Arrábida hills)

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nHqN4ALVeXc/THfzt2xxGCI/AAAAAAAAAtM/v9LTQrdmYeQ/s1600/arrabida_bay.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wbqkPkX7HZY/TaBrY84_EBI/AAAAAAAAMuA/CpObo9H0fuY/s1600/arrabida.jpg

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/15110/dsc_5567.jpg

[Rouxinol]

My hometown is Almada, a concrete dormitory on the south bank of the Tejo river that serves Lisbon.

Metro Sul do Tejo:
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/30553_124688664211495_156913_n.jpg


Jardim do Rio e Elevador da Boca do Vento:
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/24528_118176924862669_2192384_n.jpg http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/24528_118176874862674_2656650_n.jpg

Parque da Paz:
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/24528_115956105084751_2184843_n.jpg

Teatro Municipal de Almada:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3525/3958682641_07831de794_z.jpg

Cristo-Rei:
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/223/518883165_cc06ae7466_z.jpg?zz=1

Almada Forum
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Almada_Forum.jpg

Almada Velha:
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2544/4035031690_83891ba702_z.jpg?zz=1

Estação ferroviária do Pragal:
http://www.refer.pt/imagensEstacao/7161//20090930_12_34_30_Pragal-4.jpg

Aerial view:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6KbelgiYSgk/S-DlBFJQzXI/AAAAAAAAUvc/hc08IQixa_g/s1600/almada-portugal+05.jpg

[Catrau]

Aldeia comunitária transmontana.
Um mundo em extinção.
A aldeia global.

aZN2rrizJok

[Catrau]

My hometown is Almada, a concrete dormitory on the south bank of the Tejo river that serves Lisbon.



Largo da Mutela, Cova da Piedade, Almada

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Mutela.jpg

:thumb001:

[aimar]

Ucanha bridge (12th/13th century), it's located in a small village in my region.
Location in the portuguese map
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/LocalMoimentaDaBeira.svg/250px-LocalMoimentaDaBeira.svg.png

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b290/lisbona/ucanha06.jpg?t=1214987679
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River Távora
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Festival das Estátuas Vivas 2012, Tomar

A dama de companhia
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A cavalaria templária
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Os templários
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Os mouros de Lisboa
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Iconografia de Tomar
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Os portugueses
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Hoje proponho-vos uma visita aos símbolos eternos de Portugal, desconhecidos para muitos mas que se tornarão mais conhecidos com a descoberta individual e colectiva de quem somos e de onde viemos.

Simbologia Celto-Lusitana encontrada nos castros e citânias do oeste e do noroeste da península.

Today I propose to you a visit to the eternal symbols of Portugal, unknown to many but will become more known at individual and collective level as we discover who we are and where we came from.

Symbols Found in Celto-Lusitanian settlements and citânias in the west and northwest of the peninsula.

Trisquel das "Pedras Formosas" dos castros do centro e do norte.
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Vários motivos castrejos encontrados em Portugal e na Galiza (Castro de Santa Tecla, A Guarda).
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Os famosos nós e entrelançados de cordas Lusitanos aqui em plena calçada da Praça dos Restauradores, Lisboa.
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Montra com louça com motivos celto-lusitanos em Ourense
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Motivos de protecção/bruxaria e deuses Celto-Lusitanos.
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Origem do nome do rio Nabão em Tomar.

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Ara votiva à deusa Nábia encontrada em Fonte do Ídolo (Braga).


Na ânsia de encontrar uma explicação para os fenómenos da natureza que o rodeiam, o Homem concebeu inúmeras divindades que além de representar os atributos de tais fenómenos passaram ainda a revelar emoções e sentimentos próprios dos humanos uma vez que eram construídos à sua imagem e semelhança.

Entre tais divindades, Nábia foi uma das divindades mais veneradas na faixa ocidental da Península Ibérica ou seja, a área que actualmente corresponde a Portugal e à Galiza, durante o período que antecedeu a ocupação romana. Na mitologia céltica, Nábia, era a deusa dos rios e da água, tendo em sua honra o seu nome sido atribuído a diversos rios como o Navia, na Galiza e o Neiva e o Nabão em Portugal. Inscrições epigráficas como as da Fonte do Ídolo, em Braga e a de Marecos, em Penafiel, atestam-nos a antiga devoção dos nossos ancestrais à deusa Nábia.
Quando ocuparam a Península Ibérica à qual deram o nome de Hispânia, os romanos que à época não se haviam convertido ainda ao Cristianismo, adoptaram as divindades indígenas e ampliaram o seu panteão, apenas convertendo o nome de Nábia para Nabanus, tal como antes haviam feito com os deuses da antiga Grécia.

Qual reminiscência do período visigótico, a crença pagã em Nábia – ou Nabanus – viria a dar origem na famosa lenda de Santa Iria – ou Santa Irene – cujo corpo, após o seu martírio, ficou depositado nas areias do rio Tejo junto às quais se ergueram vários locais de culto, tendo inclusive dado origem a alguns topónimos como a Póvoa de Santa Iria e, com a introdução do Cristianismo, a atribuição do nome Sant'Irene à antiga Scallabis, a actual cidade de Santarém.

Bem vistas as coisas, são em grande parte do rio Nabão e das suas nascentes as águas que o rio Tejo leva ao Oceano Atlântico, junto a Lisboa, depois daquele as entregar ao rio Zêzere. E, é nas águas cristalinas do rio Nabão que habita a deusa Nábia e nas suas margens que Santa Iria encontrou o eterno repouso (Blog Sapo - Auren)

O Rio Nabão serve de origem ao topónimo Nabantinos relativo aos habitantes de Tomar.

[Riki]

Where I'm from.
Lumiar (Lisbon)Founded 2 of April 1266

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Lumiar (Portuguese pronunciation: [lumiˈaɾ]) is a parish in the northern area of the Portuguese capital of Lisbon. Located in the municipality of Lisbon it was officially created in the 13th century. It has a estimated population of 45000, inhabiting a land area of about 628 km2 (242 sq mi). There are 5 major neighbourhoods in Lumiar: Quinta das Conchas, Calçada de Carriche, Alto do Lumiar, Paço do Lumiar and Telheiras.
Local landmarks and interesting places include one of the biggest public greenspace/urban park in the city Quinta das Conchas e dos Lilases, the Paço do Lumiar, the National Costume Museum (Museu do Traje) and the Theater Museum (Museu do Teatro). Several old palaces are also scattered along the neighbourhood.

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The Theatre Museum

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The Costume Museum
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[Riki]

História da Freguesia (Lumiar)

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É esta a nossa freguesia, uma das 53 de Lisboa, sendo das mais populosas, com os seus cerca de 45.000 habitantes e 30.600 eleitores, confina com o concelho de Odivelas e freguesias de Campo Grande, S. João de Brito, Santa Maria dos Olivais, Charneca do Lumiar, Ameixoeira e Carnide.

Foi criada em 2 de Abril de 1266 (cf. D. Rodrigo da Cunha, Historiador, Ecl. Cidade de Lisboa, 1642, pág. 175), dado o seu crescimento em importância e população.

Em 1312, D. Dinis efectuou a partilha dos bens do Conde de Barcelos, ficando para D. Afonso Sanches, seu filho bastardo e genro do Conde, uma quinta e casa de Campo no Lumiar, a que se passou a chamar Paços do Infante D. Afonso Sanches. No reinado de D. Afonso IV, esta residência nobre tomou a designação de Paço do Lumiar, que ainda hoje se mantém e constitui um importante núcleo histórico da freguesia.

No inicio do séc. XVIII, era definido o Lumiar, como "um sítio de nobres quintas, olivais e vinhas", sendo os principais frutos da terra o vinho, trigo, cevada e o azeite.

Em meados do séc. XIX, realizavam-se no Lumiar três feiras anuais (Fevereiro, Junho e Agosto), todas muito concorridas, especialmente a de Santa Brígida, em que havia romaria e benção do gado.

De 1852 a 1886, esta freguesia esteve integrada no concelho dos Olivais, sendo finalmente incorporada no território da Cidade de Lisboa, em 18 de Julho de 1885.
Desde os princ¡pios do séc. XIX, que a população da freguesia tem tido progressivo aumento. Em 1903, Júlio Castilho, o pai da olisipografia, morador no Lumiar, via a velha aldeia a transformar-se, escrevendo: "o nosso Lumiar, hoje cheio de palacetes e cortado de eléctricos, carruagens e automóveis, formou um bairro da Capital".

No séc. XX, assiste-se na freguesia a um forte aumento populacional - 2.840 habitantes em 1900 para mais de 30.000 em 2000, tendo a antiga aldeia perdido, nas últimas décadas, quase definitivamente as suas características com os diversos parques habitacionais, tendo agora, como grande desafio o empreendimento do Alto do Lumiar, o maior projecto de urbanização de Lisboa, com capacidade para mais de 50.000 habitantes.

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História da Freguesia (Lumiar)

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Muito interessante. Conheço pouco de Lisboa mas fui muita vez ao museu do Traje, tenho um primo que fazia sempre lá as festas de aniversário das filhas. O jardim das traseiras com aquelas sequoias e pinheiros de norfolk é realmente imponente.

Ah, gosto muito das cores do brazão da freguesia. Muito bom gosto.
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Há 1361 anos Iria ou Irene foi assassinada nas margens do rio Nabão. As causas da morte foram a sua beleza e o ciúme.
Iria era uma freira filha de mãe com ascendência latina (Eugénia) e pai germânico (Hermígio).
Britaldo, filho do governador germânico Castinaldo e da romana Cássia tombou de amores por Iria e, após uma trama de ciúme e paixão, mandou o seu servo Banão assassiná-la.
A lenda mostra que nesta altura, a nova ordem suevo-visigótica estava perfeitamente integrada na velha ordem romana.
Iria transformou-se na padroeira da velha Seillium e gerou um culto que atravessou 13 séculos. Todos os 20 de Outubro, os Nabantinos comemoram o martírio de Iria que, se tivesse nascido nos dias de hoje, certamente seria uma "top model".

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Saint Iria day, patron of Tomar

Morning mass at St John's church in the main square.
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There she goes over the roman bridge close to the river bank where she was murdered 1361 years ago.
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People in general and the kids in particular trow flowers to the river.
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Sainte Iria's street and the arch of the convent rebuilt on the same place of Iria's convent. This street was the Cardo Maximus streeet of the roman town.
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Cavaleiros tauromáquicos Rui Salvador e Batista Duarte abrem o Desfile da Descida à Vila de Baixo dos Cavaleiros Templários à Luz do Archote.

Vai decorrer em Tomar, no dia 27 de Outubro, pelas 21h30, um evento único, no âmbito do Congresso Internacional de Turismo Cultural e Turismo Religioso, promovido por:

Etno Cantábria,
Soc. Filarm. Gualdim Pais,
Heart Books,
Município de Tomar
Turismo LVT

Na Escuridão da Noite - A Descida à Vila de Baixo de Cavaleiros Templários e Peões à Luz do Archote, precedida de gaiteiros terá o seguinte percurso: Porta de Santiago, Av. Vieira Guimarães, Rua da Graça, Levada, Corredoura e com término na Praça D. Manuel I.

A música terá lugar na Praça D. Manuel I com Percussão e Coro pela Gualdim Pais e Gaiteiros.

A não perder, será uma imagem inapagável!!

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[Slycooper]

Ponte De Lima. The oldest village in Portugal
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Mística do plano e da arquitetura de Tomar.

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Ponte De Lima. The oldest village in Portugal


According to what I've read the oldest village/city in Portugal is Mértola. It is a melting pot that since ever attracted people from the east Mediterranean and northern Africa. The Guadiana river could be sail until Mértola that, on the other hand, was close to very rich metal ores. It was a Phoenician, Carthaginian, Roman (Myrtilis Julia), Visigothic, Moor (Martulah) and Christian (Portuguese) city. Hannibal Barca’s father (Hamilcar) was killed by the Lusitani in a campaign to control the region. Their inhabitants have the richest genetic heritage in Portugal and it's thought to account for more than 3500 years of history. Certainly, before it was captured by those foreign nations, it must have been a Céltico stronghold because since ever they were, with the Lusitani and other Iberian tribes, masters in manufacturing the famous Iberian swords (gladius and falcata) and the finest metals to manufacture it were in their territory.

Mértola, Alentejo
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By referring to Ponte de Lima, maybe you meant that it received its Carta de Foral (Forum letter) by the hands of Countess Teresa, mother of Afonso Henriques in 1125, before the foundation of Portugal itself, under this viewpoint, maybe the most ancient Portuguese city to receive that title under a Portuguese government.
For Teresa, Fernando Pessoa wrote the famous words "Mãe de Reis e avó de Impérios, vela por nós" ("Mother of Kings and grandmother of Empires, take care of us"). There is this incredibly beautiful statue of her, giving the city title (Carta de Foral) in front of Ponte Lima's Paço do Marquês. She wears a crown as if she was a queen. I've photographed her 2 years ago:

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I've been there, nice little town with a small river nearby.

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The view from the town overlooking the river is great.

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Funerary Stele of Tinhela (Chaves, Vila Real)

"Devoted to the god Manes.
Ala, daughter of Calpurnius,
placed the monument to Aia,
mother model of piety. "

Calpurnius (the father) is a Latin name but the mother and the daughter names, respectively Aia and Ala are indiginus but more often seen in Celtiberian and Asturian lands. This stele shows that those names could be also found in Calaican (Galician) and Lusitanian territory.

Note the fantastic triskel on the top.

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Porto

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Tomar
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Ribeira Grande, São Miguel Island, Azores
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Perfect U-shape glaciar valley in Manteigas, Estrela Mountains
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Beautiful Garrett street, Lisbon
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Hoje a Académica de Coimbra estoirou com o Atlético de Madrid.

Ah Valentes!!

Académica de Coimbra 2 - Atlético Madrid 0

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Orgulho em quem somos, sempre.

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[Rouxinol]

More from Ponte de Lima, Minho, NW Portugal, from a post I made on another thread.

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Vintage postcard:

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[Rouxinol]

Vila do Conde, district of Porto.

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[Gaijin]

Madeira (Porto do Funchal)
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[Gaijin]

Madeira Island (Laurisilva)

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[Gaijin]

Madeira (Pico do Arieiro)
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[Gaijin]

Madeira Island (Nau Santa Maria)

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[Slycooper]

....

[Slycooper]

Ribeira Grande
My hometown in Portugal
http://ih3.redbubble.net/image.4995233.3130/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg
http://www.overseastravel.gr/images/PORTUGAL/Ribeira-Grande-Azores-Islands-Portugal.jpg

[Riki]

Santa Comba Dão

http://www.quintadoriodao.com/img/scd/santa-comba-dao9.jpg

http://ipt.olhares.com/data/big/61/613394.jpg

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Santa_Comba_D%C3%A3o_-_rio_D%C3%A3o_070605.JPG

http://www.quintadoriodao.com/img/scd/santa-comba-dao.jpg

http://www.quintadoriodao.com/img/scd/santa-comba-dao6.jpg

http://www.quintadoriodao.com/img/ecopista/ecopista-do-dao.jpg

[Riki]

http://www.verportugal.net/webapp/img/galeria/5/fullsize/Aidilvic-Castelo-Branco-3.jpg
http://www.nao-alinhados.com/mistercimba/castelo_branco1.jpg
http://www.portugal-villa.com/images_general/castelobranco.jpg
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[Catrau]

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/emblema_quinas3.jpg

My dear Portuguese friends, I'm wishing you all the best 2013 possible. I wish for us all happiness, health and peace.


I'm especially thinking about Riki, Alex, Labrador, Adamastor, Plastictuga and Trunks. From this small rectangle with it's beautiful Atlantic appendices, this garden by the sea we love so much and that right now in such a difficult context, present us an unparalleled occasion to rediscover ourselves. That's what I've been doing lately and Yes, I can confirm: we "rock", we are, as some of our poets suspected, an elected people. An honorable history has been built by our forefathers since the dawn of times and it's time now to regain that place that is waiting for us and that we've been neglecting in the last 200 years, first because of destruction by war and then because of the loss of dignity of our politicians.
I explain: This loss of dignity seems to be due to the abandonment of the central/north-European guideline regained with D. João I (1383) and an embrace to the Mediterranean mentality after the Marquis of Pombal stepped out as Prime Minister (1777). This man rebuild a nation after a massive earthquake only to be destroyed by the French 25 years later starting the downfall that brought us here.

We need to change everything again.
We need to start it as soon as possible.

Cheers, Happy New Year.

I also invite you to sign in the Portuguese Members Group that I've started since the old one is in the hands of Zephir and he was banned a long time ago.

http://www.theapricity.com/forum/group.php?groupid=409


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[Slycooper]

Logoa do Fogo
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4011/4663830578_d67bae93cb_z.jpg
http://www.vanguartour.com/1.7/images/photos/regions/acores/Aores_-_Lagoa_do_Fogo.jpg

[Gaijin]

Penso que deveriamos ter uma 'thread' dedicada únicamente a Monumentos (mais própriamente, Estatuas) de Portugal.
De qualquer forma, eis aqui apenas algumas das estatuas que podem ser encontradas na ilha da Madeira.



http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/7418342.jpg
JOÃO GONÇALVES ZARCO

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MONUMENTO À AUTONOMIA

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MONUMENTO DO EMIGRANTE

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ESTÁTUA DA MADAME SISSI

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HOMENAGEM DA ASSICOM

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/48552733.jpg
MONUMENTO Á PAZ E LIBERDADE

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/59316591.jpg
ESTÀTUA DE HOMENAGEM AO SCM

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IXKNn5trSOE/ULlNNH7LMuI/AAAAAAAABaA/Z1nXjET6cZ0/s1600/3-004.JPG
O SEMEADOR

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A TRIOLOGIA DOS PODERES

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ESTÁTUA NO LAGO, DO JARDIM MUNICIPAL

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Fn_ERGK7QWk/UMDZ5YcVSWI/AAAAAAAABr4/qIyZU8VVcU0/s1600/32+026.JPG
ESFERA ARMILAR

[Gaijin]

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[Catrau]

No próximo domingo... heheheh
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[Catrau]

No Seixal há gente com coragem!!

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[Vasconcelos]

Isso faz-me lembrar um amigo de um grande amigo meu..ele uma vez trabalhou num McDonalds qualquer, e quando a cliente era uma rapariga toda jeitosa ele perguntava sempre "é para comer agora, ou prefere levar no pacote?" lol

[Lusos]

No Seixal há gente com coragem!!

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/578532_492823147396469_1593146939_n_zps53eb65f8.jp g

O que?Comem no pacote com coragem?

[Catrau]

Isso faz-me lembrar um amigo de um grande amigo meu..ele uma vez trabalhou num McDonalds qualquer, e quando a cliente era uma rapariga toda jeitosa ele perguntava sempre "é para comer agora, ou prefere levar no pacote?" lol

Hehehe, muito bom.


O que?Comem no pacote com coragem?

Não sei, eu acho que é preciso coragem para pôr esse nome numa pastelaria.

Agora... se for uma proprietária pode parecer convite.

[Damião de Góis]

É isso e empregadas a perguntarem "Quer ketchupe?"

[Lusos]

Hehehe, muito bom.



Não sei, eu acho que é preciso coragem para pôr esse nome numa pastelaria.

Agora... se for uma proprietária pode parecer convite.


31953


Querias!!!

[Catrau]

31953


Querias!!!

Esta não é pasteleira, esta é barista na boite "Levar no Pacote"

[Catrau]

Fazem hoje precisamente 885 anos, em 24 de Junho de 1128, que Afonso Henriques de 19 anos desafiu a mãe e os nobres Galegos para o campo de batalha com o intuito de criar um novo reino.
O desfecho da Batalho de São Mamede selou o dia 1 de Portugal.

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/Facebook/Minho/Guimaratildees39_zps1aec585c.jpg

Hoje, 600 putos (!!) das escolas primárias recriaram o acontecimento.
Por isso é que eu gosto desta gente que ensina os filhos desde cedo.
Vale mais uma manhã assim vestido do que um ano inteiro de aulas de história.
Assim se aprende quem somos e de onde viemos.

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/SMamede_zpsfbe32f4f.jpg

[Catrau]

Já passou mas interessa lembrar que precisamos de muitos encontros destes para nos percebermos melhor.

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/73586_285581294896448_323456634_n_zpsaf8ad013.jpg

[Lusos]

Já passou mas interessa lembrar que precisamos de muitos encontros destes para nos percebermos melhor.

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/73586_285581294896448_323456634_n_zpsaf8ad013.jpg

Principalmente,porque e um "perigo" deixar para mãos alheias(Estrangeiras)a nossa Historia.

Trocam tudo

[Catrau]

Lá vão eles outra vez. Não há descanso. Neste caso de Ferreira do Zêzere em direcção a Porto de Mós.
http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/fogo3013m_zpsabde5d52.jpg

http://www.prociv.pt/cnos/Pages/ListaFogos.aspx

[Smaug]

Belíssimo país! Belíssimo!

[Lusos]

Capela dos Ossos. (The bone Chapel)

Nós ossos que aqui estamos pelos vossos esperamos (“We, the bones that are here, await yours.").

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[Catrau]

^^^Dasssse, esse lugar faz-me arrepios. Já estive uma vez à porta para entrar mas dei "meia volta ao cavalo" e fui à procura de outras emoções. Évora é a cidade mais espectacular a sul do Tejo e uma das mais fixes de Portugal. Gosto muito, no meio daqula imensidão e monotonia da paisagem Alentejana encontras aquele oásis bastante cosmopolita. Ter aqueles monumentos magalíticos com 5000 anos nas redondezas e ter a 2ª Universidade mais antiga de Portugal atrai estudantes de todo o mundo. Tem um ambiente muito bom, bares muito atraentes e vida noctura.

[Catrau]

Santiago do Cacém

A primitiva ocupação humana de local remonta às tribos Celtas. À época da romanização da península Ibérica, a povoação então existente era denominada como Miróbriga, integrando a jurisdição conventual de Pax Julia (atual Beja).

Ocupada pelos Alanos durante as primeiras décadas do século V, foi abandonada no século VI, tendo-se a população deslocado para a colina vizinha, mais próxima ao mar. A nova povoação foi sucessivamente dominada pelos Visigodos e no começo do segundo decénio do século VIII, pelos Muçulmanos, quando passou a ser denominada como Kassen.

À época da Reconquista cristã da península, Santiago do Cacém foi pela primeira vez tomada em 1158, no contexto da conquista de Alcácer do Sal pelas forças de D. Afonso Henriques (1112-1185). Do mesmo modo, seria recuperada entre 1190 e 1191 pelas forças do califa almóada Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur quando retomaram aquela cidade.

Desde 1186 Sancho I de Portugal havia doado à Ordem de Santiago os domínios de Almada, Palmela e Alcácer do Sal. As duas primeiras haviam sido reconquistadas anteriormente a 1194; a última permaneceu em posse muçulmana até 1217. Neste ano, sob o reinado de D. Afonso II (1211-1223), Cacém passa definitivamente para a posse de Portugal, quando os seus domínios foram também doados aos cavaleiros da Ordem, passando esses monges guerreiros a ocupar-se da reconstrução das suas defesas. A partir deste período, a povoação passa a ser conhecida por seu atual topónimo: Santiago do Cacém, datando desta fase o seu primeiro foral.

Sob o reinado de D. Dinis (1279-1325), o castelo esteve na posse de Vataça Lascaris (Dona Vetácia), aia e amiga da rainha Santa Isabel, no período de 1315 até 1336, quando regressou aos domínios da Ordem de Santiago.

À época da crise de 1383-1385, foi uma das primeiras vilas a declarar partido pelo Mestre de Avis, uma vez que D. Fernando Afonso de Albuquerque, Mestre de Santiago, havia disponibilizado ao seu serviço, todos os recursos de sua Ordem.
Sob o reinado de Manuel I de Portugal recebeu Foral Novo (1512).
À época da Dinastia Filipina, Filipe II de Espanha doou o castelo aos duques de Aveiro (1594).

A defesa da vila perdeu importância estratégica após a Guerra da Restauração, na segunda metade do século XVII. O domínio do castelo retornou à posse da Coroa em 1759. A partir de então o antigo castelo foi progressivamente abandonado e entrou em acentuado processo de ruína. As suas dependências foram utilizadas, no século XIX como cemitério da vila.

No século XX, foi classificado como Monumento Nacional por Decreto publicado em 23 de Junho de 1910. Mais recentemente, foram promovidas intervenções de consolidação e restauro a cargo da Direcção-Geral dos Edifícios e Monumentos Nacionais (DGEMN).

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/w420/1Catrau/cacem_zpsd5f1c5c7.jpg

Fonte: http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castelo_de_Santiago_do_Cacém

[Damião de Góis]

^ Não conheço lá muito bem, mas parte da minha família é de lá. A outra parte não é de muito longe seja como for :)

[Atlantic Islander]

I'll no longer be posting in the "Post a random photo from your country" thread. Reposting everything here.

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[Atlantic Islander]

Chapel of Nossa Senhora das Vitórias (Furnas)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapel_of_Nossa_Senhora_das_Vit%C3%B3rias_%28Furna s%29)
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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

Two illustrations from the novel "L' Agence Thompson & Co":

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http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/ag131/FocalReady/153_zps73d4701c.jpg

Original Azorean flag:

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/ag131/FocalReady/10_zps25fbae6b.jpg

[Atlantic Islander]

Random Azores:

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/ag131/FocalReady/953_zps7623ab32.jpg
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[Atlantic Islander]

Formigas Islet

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[Atlantic Islander]

Monchique Islet


The Monchique Islet is a small islet, west of the village of Fajã Grande, off the coast of the island of Flores, in the western part of the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. It lies just over 1 mile north-northwest of Ponta de Fenais, and is considered the westernmost point of Europe.

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[Atlantic Islander]

Sao Jorge

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Corvo

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Flores

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Sao Miguel

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[Atlantic Islander]

Santa Bárbara, Santa Maria

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Praia do Almoxarife, Faial

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Santa Cruz das Flores, Flores

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São Jorge

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João Bom, Pilar da Bretanha, São Miguel

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São Miguel

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/ag131/FocalReady/Image4_zps2b9f669a.png

Vista do Rei - Sete Cidades, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/ag131/FocalReady/Image5_zps8ea6d091.png

Serra Branca, Graciosa

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/ag131/FocalReady/Image6_zps27bc440e.png

Lagoa do Paul, Pico

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Maia, Santa Maria

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Prainha, São Roque do Pico, Pico

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Fajazinha, Flores

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/ag131/FocalReady/678_zps1e45a9d3.png

Ponta do Castelo - Vigia da Baleia, Santa Maria

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/ag131/FocalReady/Image9_zps5d33ef96.png

Faial

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Corvo

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Topo, Sao Jorge

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Faial

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/ag131/FocalReady/Image14_zpse4af4db5.png

Mosteiros, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel

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Porto Afonso, Punta Afonso do Porto, Graciosa

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São Lourenço, Santa Maria

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

Statue of the founder of Angra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angra_do_Hero%C3%ADsmo), Álvaro Martins Homem.

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[Atlantic Islander]

Praia da Vitória at night.

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

Stratovolcano Mount Pico (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pico)

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

Preparing for a festa.

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[Atlantic Islander]

18 de Outubro de 1830, Castelo de São João Baptista (Monte Brasil) Angra do Heroísmo, Ilha Terceira.

An embroidered flag by Princess Maria da Glória, the future Queen D. Maria II, and offered to Angra. This flag was the 1st Blue and White Flag of the Portuguese Monarchy after the deployment of the Liberal regime. It was approved by decree on 18 October, 1830, signed in Angra, the seat of the Regency Kingdom. The flag was hoisted for the first time, hereinafter, at the Castelo de São João Baptista (Monte Brasil). The first city to hoist it was Angra, the capital of the kingdom at that time, for the 2nd time in the History of Portugal.

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[Atlantic Islander]

1943, Base das Lajes, Ilha Terceira


A Terceirense child giving a drink to a British solider, who was driving RAF tractor during the construction of the widening of the Lajes runway.

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

Random images from São Jorge:

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

Fortaleza de São João Baptista/Castelo de São João Baptista/Castelo de São Filipe/Fortaleza de São Filipe/Fortaleza do Monte Brasil

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Forte de Santa Catarina (Cabo da Praia)

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A 16th Century lithograph (by Jan Huygen van Linschoten), showing the extensive cultivated lands of the Achada Plain and the nucleus of the villae of Angra.

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An engraving of Angra showing the Fort of São João Baptista.

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[Atlantic Islander]

Cows

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[Atlantic Islander]

farol da Ponta do Arnel
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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

Portrait titled "OLHAR DE MENINA AÇORIANA"

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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Two canyoners wait for the rest of the group. At this waterfall the canyon opens and reveals the hexagonal columns formed by the volcanic activity of the island and the years of consecutive erosion of the water.

Location: Island of Flores, Azores, Portugal

[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

Wood carving; Azores.

http://imageshack.us/a/img20/5933/xmyk.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img13/7495/ml2o.jpg

[Atlantic Islander]

Scrimshaw (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrimshaw); Azores.

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

Sanjoaninas 2011-Séquito Real (http://festas2012.sanjoaninas.com/index.php).

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

http://imageshack.us/a/img268/3264/iujx.jpg
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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[SilverKnight]

Adding Portugal in my trip destination list: Checked!

[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Albion]

The Pico vineyards are just fascinating. It's a very smart way of cultivating vines in such a climate, it could be emulated in other windy countries with earlier varieties (probably not commercially though).

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2725/4387694214_182802a9b3_z.jpg

http://thingstodo.viator.com/portugal/files/2013/10/Portugal_Azores-e1380124601691.jpg

http://winefolly.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/pico-island-portugal-84554176@N00.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Museu_do_Vinho_do_Pico,_curraletas_de_vinha_2_Lagi do_da_Madalena,_Concelho_da_Madalena,_ilha_do_Pico ,_Açores,_Portugal.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Landscape_of_the_Pico_Island_Vineyard_Culture.jpg

http://worldheritage.routes.travel/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/shutterstock_6642220.jpg

http://mccubbin.ca/TransAtlantic08/Vineyards%201024%20on%20stone%20walls%20on%20Pico. jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uLtrLh9KXtc/SonwkTrp69I/AAAAAAAAAas/QJco_9dcj8Y/s1600/IMG_2082.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Terrenos_de_cultivo_de_vinhas_pertencente_a_João_d os_Santos_Bettencourt%2C_Fajã_do_Meio%2C_Velas%2C_ ilha_de_São_Jorge.JPG

[Atlantic Islander]

The Pico vineyards are just fascinating. It's a very smart way of cultivating vines in such a climate, it could be emulated in other windy countries with earlier varieties (probably not commercially though).

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2725/4387694214_182802a9b3_z.jpg

http://thingstodo.viator.com/portugal/files/2013/10/Portugal_Azores-e1380124601691.jpg

http://winefolly.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/pico-island-portugal-84554176@N00.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Museu_do_Vinho_do_Pico,_curraletas_de_vinha_2_Lagi do_da_Madalena,_Concelho_da_Madalena,_ilha_do_Pico ,_Açores,_Portugal.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Landscape_of_the_Pico_Island_Vineyard_Culture.jpg

http://worldheritage.routes.travel/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/shutterstock_6642220.jpg

http://mccubbin.ca/TransAtlantic08/Vineyards%201024%20on%20stone%20walls%20on%20Pico. jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uLtrLh9KXtc/SonwkTrp69I/AAAAAAAAAas/QJco_9dcj8Y/s1600/IMG_2082.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Terrenos_de_cultivo_de_vinhas_pertencente_a_João_d os_Santos_Bettencourt%2C_Fajã_do_Meio%2C_Velas%2C_ ilha_de_São_Jorge.JPG

Azorean ingenuity. :)

[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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[Atlantic Islander]

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