 Lisbon - with Sue on Rua Augusta in the Baixa |
 the Praca do Comercio |
 a shop on the Rua do Carmo |
 the Castelo de Sao Jorge above the city |
 one of many tiled facades in the area |
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 the Elevador da Gloria funicular up to the Bairro Alto |
 a tiled building after a fire |
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 on the victorian Elevador de Santa Justa... |
 ... overlooking the Rossio |
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 in the Largo do Carmo |
 the ruin of the Igreja do Carmo... |
 ... now the archaeological museum |
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 in the Chiado |
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 at the Miradouro de Sao Pedro de Alcantara, looking toward the Alfama |
 pasteis de nata! |
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 the Se (cathedral) in the Alfama |
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 should be plenty of time to finish the book... |
 a view from the cloister to the sea |
 under the cloister: remains of Roman and Moorish predecessors |
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 old azulejos (tiles) in a public garden |
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 the Castelo de Sao Jorge |
 looking from the castelo walls toward the north |
 at the Museo Nacional do Azulejo |
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 west of downtown Lisbon, in Belem, at the Mosteiro dos Jeronimos |
 Sao Jeronimo himself |
 in the manueline cloister |
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 in the church |
 the tomb of Camoes, Portugal's first epic poet |
 the Torre de Belem |
 east of Lisbon at the Almendres Cromlech (~3000 BC) |
 a Roman temple in Evora |
 whitewashing (and watching) in the back streets of Evora |
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 the castelo in Belmonte, in the Beira Alta |
 looking out at the foothills of the Serra da Estrela |
 the church of Sao Tiago |
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 outside Belmonte, the Roman ruin of Centum Cellas |
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 the Se in Guarda |
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 in the streets of the old Jewish section of Guarda |
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 the Solar (Casa) de Mateus |
 gardens in the back |
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 how that Mateus wine is made (!) |
 Largo do Toural in Guimaraes, in the Minho |
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 more tiled facades |
 the Igreja de Sao Francisco |
 a guided tour (in French) |
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 walking the old town |
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 the church and monastery of Nossa Senhora da Oliveira |
 the Padrao do Salado (14th c.) |
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 on castle hill, a statue of Alfonso Henriques |
 the Castelo de Sao Miguel |
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 M sunning herself |
 a view from the walls toward the ducal palace |
 inside the Paco dos Duques |
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 back in the Praca de Sao Tiago... |
 ... for a wedding! |
 the Igreja dos Santos Passos |
 tiles on the church exterior |
 taking the gondola up to Penha |
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 the Martins Sarmento archaeological museum in Guimaraes |
 the 19th-century founder |
 a guided tour (in Portuguese) |
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 now there are two guides... |
 glasswork from the nearby pre-Roman settlement in Briteiros |
 at the Citania de Briteiros (1st millenium BC) |
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 a dwelling reconstructed by Martins Sarmento |
 the sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte |
 the gardens at the top of the stairway |
 making our way down the Escadorio dos Cinco Sentos |
 one of the fountains of the five senses (sight) |
 a view over the Braga valley |
 OK, now we have to climb back up... |
 on the streets of Viana do Castelo in the far northwest (Costa Verde) |
 the Praca da Republica |
 at the old Misericordia |
 the folly on the hill |
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 ouch... |
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 the manueline abbey at Batalha |
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 the king's tomb (Dom Joao I) |
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 the Capelas Imperfeitas (unfinished) |
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 the tomb of Dom Duarte and Leonor of Aragon |
 in the Claustro Real |
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 the museum for the Unknown Soldier |
 the castelo in Obidos |
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 off the tourist track in Obidos |
 a view from the walls across town to the castelo |
 near the Igreja de Santa Maria |
 should be safe: the Bank of the Holy Spirit |
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 maybe just one more picture... |
 driving down the coast: near Ericeira |
 in Sintra, west of Lisbon |
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 in the Palacio Nacional |
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 the magpie room |
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 the Sala dos Brasoes |
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 out in Sintra again |
 the Fonte Mourisca |
 the Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra |
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 wandering thru the Quinta... |
 ...and staying out of the rain |
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 the model for the chapel |
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 the neo-manueline chapel |
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 Adeus! |
 Lisbon: pano from the Bairro Alto |
 Lisbon: pano from the Alfama |
 Citania de Briteiros: pano |
 Citania de Briteiros: pano |