Cities, Villages and Places
“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 […]
The Monastery of Batalha (Portuguese: Mosteiro da Batalha), literally theMonastery of the Battle, is a Dominican convent in the civil parish of Batalha, in the district of Leiria, in central region of Portugal. Originally, and officially known, as the Monastery of Saint Mary of the Victory (Portuguese: Mosteiro de Santa Maria da Vitória), it was […]
The Palacio Nacional de Mafra Convent, located in the municipality of Mafra, Lisbon district, Portugal About 25 kilometers from Lisbon, is in a palace and monastery monumental Baroque style. It was started in 1717 by the initiative of John V of Portugal, because of a promise he had made in the case of the Queen […]
The church of Santa Maria dos Olivais which was built in the mid 1300s for the Grand Masters of the Knights Templar Order. Santa Maria dos Olivais was built on the place of a seventh century temple and was chosen, during the Portuguese Discoveries, as the mother church of all the churches of Africa, Asia […]
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 Convent of Christ in Tomar is a combination of a castle and a convent, used by the Knights Templar. In 1160 the building of the castle was started. The land (like many more around Southern Europe) was given by the Portuguese king to the Order of the Knights Templar, in return for their support […]
“Tapada Nacional de Mafra was created during King João V’s realm as a part of the monarchy’s and his court’s entertainment and leisure after the construction of the Convent. Today it stands out as a natural patrimony of unique features with an area of over eight hundred hectares where red deers, fallow deers, wild boars, […]
This Castle is one of those featured in the flag of Portugal and was conquered from the Moors by D. Palo Peres Correia in 1248 and deactivated in 1858. Ranked of Public Interest since 1971, the Castle is the subject of study by IPPAR – Portuguese Institute of Architectural Heritage and Archaeological, with a view […]
A city in the municipality of Braga northwestern Portugal considered the oldest Christian archdiocese in the country and one of the oldest in the world. Under the Roman Empire, known as Bracara Augusta was the center of the province of Gallaecia. With a total urban population of around 180.000 inhabitants is the third-largest city in […]
Is close to Praia da Adraga and is a result of corrosive rainwater action through existing fractures in the limestone rocks, combined with the erosive action of the waves, which created a labyrinth of caves, caverns and enormous cracks. It is said that the Romans believed there was a Triton playing a horn made of […]
