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Peneda-Gerês National Park, North of Portugal in Minho

Peneda-Gerês National Park, North of Portugal in Minho

“There are places in the world that are as certain human existence: all combines to miss nothing of their greatness and perfection. Gerês This is one of them.” Miguel Torga, Diario VII The mountainous region received its charter in 1514 by King Manuel I. Found in Terras de Bouro old “Castro” of Chalcedon, erected by […]

Sintra Village is One Of The Most Romantic Places on Earth

Sintra Village is One Of The Most Romantic Places on Earth

Sintra is one of the romantic and mysterious places in Portugal with wonderful palaces and landescapes that enchant the tourists. To understand Pena Palace and the beautiful Gardens sourrounding the Palace the tourist has to see the opera Parsifal…An opera with three acts by Richard Wagner. It is loosely based on Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach, a 13th century epic poem of […]

The Medieval City of Óbidos

The Medieval City of Óbidos

Obidos, an intact  medieval city  preserved within its walls the dash, scale and color of these times.   Museum town with white houses facades sober but flowering with porticos and Manueline aristocratic windows all lined winding streets, sometimes surmounted by arcades, interrupted by other small squares that give the guard jewelry Portuguese civil and religious architecture. […]

Mértola, The Arabic Town in South Alentejo

Mértola, The Arabic Town in South Alentejo

The period of the Arab occupation which began in the 8th century  lasted almost 500 years in the south of Portugal.  With this Portugal inhereted farming techniques,  harvesting systems and water supply , eating habits , several hundred words, building techniques , decorative tastes , artistic styles , urban environments . Muslims are the archetypes of […]

The Roman Ruins of Troia in Setúbal Region

The Roman Ruins of Troia in Setúbal Region

In Troia can be found the largest manufacturing complex known to men of  salting fish, was built in the first half of the 1st Century and was developed in a township  probably occupied until the 6th Century. The archaeological centers that can be visit are  two large brining workshops, the spa, the mausoleum, the necropolis mausoleum […]

Serralves House and Museum, in Oporto

Serralves House and Museum, in Oporto

CASA DE SERRALVES is a house and museum located in Parque de Serralves in Oporto, Portugal. Owned by the Serralves Foundation, the house was built by the second Count of Vizela, Carlos Alberto Cabral and designed by the architect José Marques da Silva. It is a unique example of Streamline Moderne architecture in Portugal. Completed in 1940, Casa de Serralves welcomed presentations made by the […]

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