Stronghold de Almeida (Historical Village of Portugal) (***)

Stronghold de Almeida (Historical Village of Portugal) Did you know ... the fortress of Almeida is a lesson in stone baroque military architecture and is also an area of ​​immense historical evocation? This fortress is the most monumental of our streets of weapons bulwark. Other notable strongholds of Portugal, in the same type and which are candidates for World Heritage Site are: Valenca do Minho (**) and Elvas (***). Indian Ocean only a few numbers (Read Full Article)

Anta's Arcainha (Casa da Moura or the Dolmen Pebble Beira-Oliveira do Hospital) (*)

Of the five tapirs in the municipality of Oliveira do Hospital this is what is best preserved. It was recently restored and is a very complete megalithic monument. I would also this article to explain what "tapir" and relates them with the cult of the dead and hope for the afterlife. Those traveling by car on the road between Caldas da Felgueira (*) and the pretty village of Ervedal da Beira, can easily find, from Pebble Beira, this representative (Read Full Article)

Fuzeta-Armona Island (Natural Park of Ria Formosa) (Olhão) (***)

The island of Armona Fuzeta-located in the Natural Park of Ria Formosa, is a wonderful beach out of sight, the sea calm and warm. If on the eastern end the trip is short from Fuzeta, on the opposite side, leaving the port of Olhão and Faro to the village of Armona, on the island, the journey takes more than 20 minutes between labyrinths of sand, mud and marshes. The panorama, with the channel in between Marim, the interpretation center of the Natural Park of Ria Formosa, in Marim (**) (Read Full Article)

Fountain of St. Andrew (Scott Refóios or Alameda) (Guard) (*)

"... But before he plunged his body entirely, the Dolphins rushed up and lifted him, filling him in the beginning of unrest, uncertainty and agitation. But the ease ... the many benevolent ... the air, the speed of dolphins ... make him feel, he said, not afraid to die, but the desire to live, the ambition to be saved, to appear as a favorite Gods and receive from them an unchangeable glory ". Feast of the Seven (Read Full Article)

Jose Saramago in any of the Historical Villages of Portugal

The Elephant's Journey is not my favorite book of Jose Saramago and despite Solomon elephant park in Castelo Rodrigo, this bit is shaped to literary work. But we are very fond of Cain and consider some of his works as masterpieces universal - in the case of Memorial do Convento, which goes hand in building the Convento de Mafra (****). It was also his work from other staff, because the rich literary and less so because it would always have to be (Read Full Article)

Island (beach) de Tavira (***)

Ilha de Tavira is a long sandy strip, very close, with 11 km long, the southern city of Tavira (**). Its areal limits the Natural Park of Ria Formosa (***). The entire island is a magnificent beach, suitable for all tastes. The island (beach) is very hot, bright, fine sand, with gentle waves and warm water. A paradise waiting for us. The island has four beaches. From east to west, we find first the Praia da Ilha de Tavira (or (Read Full Article)

Historic village of Linhares da Beira (Beira Celorico) (***)

Did you know ... situated on the Northwest side of the Parque Natural da Serra da Estrela (****), the historic village of Linhares da Beira is one of the most beautiful of Portugal? Here were the Romans who left few traces, and example-still visible Roman road that linked Emerita Augusta (currently Mérida (*****), Spain) Braccara Augusta (now Braga (***)). Until the mid-twentieth century the road was still covered by muleteers. There are no historical records that indicate (Read Full Article)

Recovery of the body of the Monastery of Lorvão (*) Penacova: is this?

Here's good news for the county of Portugal and the central region of Portugal is the news taken directly from Diary of Borders sometime in June of 2010. "It was the last start of work at the Monastery of Lorvão. Besides the organ recovery, the intervention includes rehabilitation of the cloister and the construction of a museum. The first phase of redevelopment of the Monastery of Lorvão start "within days", with inventories of archaeological excavations (Read Full Article)

Beaches of Vila Real de Santo António, Monte Gordo, Green Height, Lota and Manta Rota (Castro Marim and Vila Real de Santo António) (**)

Sea, Half of my soul is made of sea air. Sophia de Mello Breyner, Atlantic, p. 9 The Algarve, not by denying the alarvidades committed in the name of tourism that made possible the enrichment (i) permitted many "wild ducks", contrary to what many pseudo-intellectuals proclaim (it sees them in their houses escondindinhas in falésiasinhas recondite ) still has pieces of Eden. This is a giant beach of golden sand and warm waters and calm, with about 12 km (Read Full Article)

12 Historical Villages of Portugal in the Central Region are in odd places Turismo de Portugal

The 12 Historical Villages are magnificent spaces, a unique beauty, even in an international context. These urban centers, where the stone is owned and women (almost all of granite) are carregadinhas of legends, mysteries, beauty, history and art. Some of them were of great historical importance in the definition of our territory and nearly all of them (with the exception of Piódão) are placed at high points with its military architecture, molded in (Read Full Article)

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