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Showing posts with label PORTUGAL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PORTUGAL. Show all posts
October 31, 2016

2848 PORTUGAL (Viseu) - Soar Door in Viseu

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Located approximately 50km East of the Atlantic ocean and surrounded by a number of mountains, Viseu was populated throughout history ...
November 24, 2015

0340, 2068 PORTUGAL (Leiria) - Monastery of Batalha (UNESCO WHS)

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0340 Monastery of Batalha - facade and main entrance   Posted on 23.09.2012, 24.11.2015 Founded by King João I to celebrate his vi...
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August 14, 2015

1818-1820 PORTUGAL (Santarém) - Convent of Christ in Tomar (UNESCO WHS)

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1818 Tomar - The castle of the Knights Templar Tomar lies in the most fertile region of Portugal and is one of country's histor...
July 10, 2015

0336, 1729 PORTUGAL (Braga) - Historic Centre of Guimarães (UNESCO WHS)

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0336 Historic Centre of Guimarães - Guimarães Castle   Posted on 19.09.2012, 10.07.2015 In one of the old towers of Guimarães , city...
May 17, 2015

1590 PORTUGAL (Lisbon) - Bairro da Sé in Lisbon

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The municipality of Lisbon , the capital and the largest city of Portugal , included 53 freguesias (civil parishes) until November 201...
April 28, 2015

1546 PORTUGAL (Santarém) - A young mower in Ribatejo

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The Ribatejo is the most central of the traditional provinces of Portugal , crossed by the Tagus River (Ribatejo translates to "s...
February 5, 2015

1437 PORTUGAL (Braga / Viana do Castelo) - Woman spinner of Pêrre linen

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Entre Douro e Minho is one of the historical provinces of Portugal which encompassed, as the name suggests (Between-Douro-and-Minho)...
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January 2, 2015

1390 PORTUGAL (Faro) - Castle of Silves

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Situated on a hill above the Arade River , navigable in historical times, and bordered to the south by the Atlantic Ocean, Silves was ...
October 24, 2014

1313 PORTUGAL (Coimbra) - University of Coimbra - Alta and Sofia (UNESCO WHS)

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In Coimbra are many archaeological structures which date back to the Roman era (the well-preserved aqueduct and cryptoporticus for exa...
September 24, 2014

1243 PORTUGAL (Lisbon) - A shoeshiner in Lisbon in 1987

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In Western civilization, the occupation of shoeshiner was probably one of the most ephemeral, appearing in the early 20th century and d...
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September 13, 2014

0103, 0377, 1220 PORTUGAL (Lisbon) - Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon (UNESCO WHS)

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0103 Monastery of the Hieronymites in Lisbon Posted on 06.11.2012, 21.01.2012, 13.09.2014 In the 15th and 16th centuries, as the...
May 24, 2014

0475, 1088 PORTUGAL - Fado, urban popular song of Portugal (UNESCO ICH)

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João Martins - "Fado Corrido" com Amália Rodrigues, 1964 Posted on 17.01 2013 and 24.05.2014 The Portuguese word fado come...
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June 17, 2013

0682 PORTUGAL (Faro) - A traditional street in a town in Algarve

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Algarve , the southernmost region of mainland Portugal , now Faro District , had no institutions, special privileges, or autonomy, but ...
April 29, 2013

0620 & 0621 PORTUGAL (Porto) - Historic Centre of Oporto (UNESCO WHS)

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Located along the hillsides overlooking the Douro river estuary in northern Portugal , Porto is one of the oldest European centres, wit...
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February 27, 2013

0529 PORTUGAL (Madeira) - Spectacular Funchal Harbour

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The first territorial discovery of the Portuguese Age of Discovery (1419), Madeira is a archipelago located in the north Atlantic Oce...
February 24, 2013

0520 PORTUGAL (Lisbon) - Elevador da Glória

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Elevador da Glória (the Glória Funicular) is a funicular that links Baixa ( Restauradores Square ) with Bairro Alto (Jardim / Mirado...
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January 28, 2013

0488 PORTUGAL - The flag of the country

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The portuguese flag, adopted on 30 June 1911, is a 2:3 rectangle divided vertically into green at the hoist (2/5 of the flag’s length) ...