Ansiães Castle, Church of San Salvador and panorama (Carrazeda Ansiães) - History and landscape in a unique space (Part II) (***)

Ansiães The old medieval town of Ansiães the remaining walls and romantic ruins has two great defensive structure of granite. The outer wall of Ansiães The outer wall of the village of Ansiães has a length greater than 600 square meters and three towers. something in sinuous path leading to an inner space large enough but with an irregular perimeter. This general plan emerges an urban organization based on two axes (Read Full Article)

Ansiães Castle, Church of San Salvador and panorama (Carrazeda Ansiães) (***) - History and landscape in a unique space (Part 1)

Ansiães Castle, Church of San Salvador and panorama (Carrazeda Ansiães) - History and landscape in a unique space Ansiães Castle with its ancient medieval village, today only the remains of walls, its Romanesque churches (the church of San Salvador Ansiães , is one of the most beautiful in this style in northeastern) and searing beauty of your landscape, make this place one of the most important cultural tourism in Portugal. A little history of Castle Ansiães The (Read Full Article)

Panorama from Balcony of Carqueijais (**) (Covilhã)

Balcony The Balcony of the Carqueijais Carqueijais is a stopping place for those who crossed the dazzling array of sights and geomonuments the Natural Park of Serra da Estrela (****). Drinking water travelers here very fresh, light and pleasant and target the eyes of endless horizons to the east Beirão of Portugal and the far reaches of the Spanish mountains (Gata, Gredos), we saw this irmanas Star continuadoras the Cordillera Central and the Iberian Peninsula . Let (Read Full Article)

Viewpoint of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Assumption in Vilas Boas (Vila Flor) (*)

Shrine of Our Lady of the Assumption is always a pleasure for the senses and to obtain peace of mind, the traveler informed embroiled in the district of Bragança which has at its disposal 62 notable sites you can visit here can see. The Shrine of Our Lady of the Assumption, in Vila Flor is one of these sites, it is religious to know that this is the most important Marian shrine Montes, but it is the magnificent panorama that will bring here (Read Full Article)

Snow Wells (neveiros the Coentral) and landscape in Santo António das Neves (Castanheira de Pera) (**)

The privileged men always had the power to have a plot of ror of people to serve them, was and will always so, as these three remarkable example neveiros (snow pits) located in Santo António das Neves in Lousã Mountain. If the reader is patient further understand the meaning of the sentence so blessed. The Wells of Snow and the Office of the neveiro It is always pleasant to roam the ridges of the Serra da Lousã with the oddities to emerge here and there, although slightly miserable (Read Full Article)

Beach The beach of Arrifana-Sufi?

Beach The beach of Arrifana-Sufi? The beach of Arrifana of great natural beauty, with Blue Flag is a magnificent beaches of Aljezur municipality and is inserted in the Natural Park of Southwest Alentejo and Costa Vicentina. In previous articles we have described some remarkable beaches of the municipality:-Amoreira beach (***)-Beach-Bordeira Carrapateira (****)-Amado Beach (***) The Arrifana beach extends for a strand with more than half a mile long, but sandy (Read Full Article)

Castro Valley Eagle (Miranda do Douro) (*) Times-war in the Planalto?

After having described the Arribas San Giovanni in Miranda do Douro, let us now come to the Castro Valley Eagle, close to that, but lesser known, but also exciting. The Castro Valley Eagle is located 680 m above sea level and is protected by a magnificent meander of the river Douro, alias the cliff on this side is impregnable. Here the granite canyon river will serve as border between Portugal and Spain. The Castro Valley Eagle with an area of 1.5 ha and (Read Full Article)

St. John of Arribas (Miranda do Douro) (**) - Memories of Emilio Baleso

The Arribas San Giovanni in Miranda do Douro, in the parish of Paradela, the easternmost town of the country, are one of the best known sights of the Natural Park of International Douro. Remarkable in Portugal have been described several notable sights of this magnificent natural area: Walk-in Alpajares (Ash Brace the Sword) (***)-Gazebo Carrascalinho (Ash Brace the Sword) (*) in the Upper Belvedere-Pirocão (Ash Brace the Sword) (*)-Gazebo (Read Full Article)

Castle Algoso (Vimioso) (**) - Super eagles nest in northeastern (Part 2)

Let us return to the formidable castle that is Algoso dir will be the scene of a novel by Walter Scott. The Structure of Castle Castle Algoso Algoso is low and organic (adapted to rock outcrops) that results primarily from a building in thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. It has a rectangular shape, and the entrance to the north. The port is in full arch, defended by a cubelo, which opens to a small parade ground which has a well-preserved cistern. The tower (Read Full Article)

Castle Algoso (Vimioso) (**) - Super eagles nest in northeastern (Part 1)

Also Knights Hospitaller would build a remarkable work in Tras-os-Montes, Algoso Castle (***) belonging to the municipality of Vimioso and that is installed in a formidably quartz ridge. It's really impressive Castle Algoso, an impregnable construction over the abyss. We remind readers that the inattentive remarkable monuments in Portugal built by the Knights of the Hospital are:-Castle Belver (**) (Hawk) (click to read the (Read Full Article)

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