Portugal Photo Gallery by nuthatch at pbase.com

Portugal

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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		the Elevador da Gloria funicular up to the Bairro Alto	a tiled building after a fire
	on the victorian Elevador de Santa Justa...	... overlooking the Rossio
in the Largo do Carmo	the ruin of the Igreja do Carmo...	... now the archaeological museum
in the Chiado			at the Miradouro de Sao Pedro de Alcantara, looking toward the Alfama
pasteis de nata!		the Se (cathedral) in the Alfama
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
old azulejos (tiles) in a public garden			the Castelo de Sao Jorge
looking from the castelo walls toward the north	at the Museo Nacional do Azulejo
		west of downtown Lisbon, in Belem, at the Mosteiro dos Jeronimos	Sao Jeronimo himself
in the manueline cloister			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		the castelo in Belmonte, in the Beira Alta	looking out at the foothills of the Serra da Estrela
the church of Sao Tiago		outside Belmonte, the Roman ruin of Centum Cellas
the Se in Guarda			in the streets of the old Jewish section of Guarda
	the Solar (Casa) de Mateus	gardens in the back
how that Mateus wine is made (!)	Largo do Toural in Guimaraes, in the Minho		more tiled facades
the Igreja de Sao Francisco	a guided tour (in French)
	walking the old town
the church and monastery of Nossa Senhora da Oliveira	the Padrao do Salado (14th c.)
		on castle hill, a statue of Alfonso Henriques	the Castelo de Sao Miguel
	M sunning herself	a view from the walls toward the ducal palace	inside the Paco dos Duques
		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
	the Martins Sarmento archaeological museum in Guimaraes	the 19th-century founder	a guided tour (in Portuguese)
		now there are two guides...	glasswork from the nearby pre-Roman settlement in Briteiros
at the Citania de Briteiros (1st millenium BC)			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
		ouch...
the manueline abbey at Batalha		the king's tomb (Dom Joao I)
the Capelas Imperfeitas (unfinished)
the tomb of Dom Duarte and Leonor of Aragon	in the Claustro Real
		the museum for the Unknown Soldier	the castelo in Obidos
	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		maybe just one more picture...	driving down the coast: near Ericeira
in Sintra, west of Lisbon		in the Palacio Nacional
the magpie room		the Sala dos Brasoes
out in Sintra again	the Fonte Mourisca	the Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra
	wandering thru the Quinta...	...and staying out of the rain
			the model for the chapel

	the neo-manueline chapel		Adeus!
Lisbon: pano from the Bairro Alto	Lisbon: pano from the Alfama	Citania de Briteiros: pano	Citania de Briteiros: pano

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