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Old 10-06-2015, 08:27 AM
 
Location: Placitas, New Mexico
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The47man, Thanks for the beautiful pictures!
Have just gotten back from my 4th trip to Portugal and love it as much as ever. I visited Porto for the first time and was surprised and delighted at how attractive the city has become.
One picture I particularly related to was the one of the Alentejo countryside with sunflowers stretching off into the distance. I had the pleasure of seeing it in person riding on a train through Alentejo on a hot summer day, blue skies, and yellow sunflowers all around. Not only was it beautiful, but also a real surprise. Surreal.
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Old 10-06-2015, 08:54 AM
 
Location: Somewhere flat in Mississippi
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Don't forget Fatima!
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Old 10-06-2015, 09:38 AM
 
Location: West Coast of Europe
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The center coast has become very popular with surfers recently, especially Nazaré, where a particular constellation on the ocean floor off the coast produces giant waves.

https://vimeo.com/114423950
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Old 10-07-2015, 04:05 AM
 
Location: West Coast of Europe
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Autumn in the north of the country (Ponte de Lima, Arcos de Valdevez, etc.)

http://www.borealis.pt/wp-content/up...t.dez11.19.jpg
https://ivarajao.files.wordpress.com...ma2009-013.jpg
http://www.borealis.pt/wp-content/up...9371839_n1.jpg

But it's also nice there in the summer

http://img-cdn1.iha.sg/geo17273776/Ponte-de-lima.jpeg
http://www.aldeiasportugal.pt/media/.../2_MG_1367.jpg
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Old 10-07-2015, 04:07 PM
 
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My beautiful country
Mentira.
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Old 10-08-2015, 08:22 AM
 
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Mentira.
O que é que é mentira?
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Old 10-15-2015, 03:00 AM
 
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Wow these places are really Beautiful. I especially liked the Grandeur of Lisboa, the sun flower fields of Alentejo, the waterfall,lake and mountains of Gerês. Sintra and Porto were also beautiful .By the way what is the name of that building in Sintra.
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Old 11-01-2015, 02:07 PM
 
Location: West Coast of Europe
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Today 260 years ago Lisbon was destroyed...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGhv6zcBPxQ


November 1 doesn't seem to be a good date for Portugal, today the city of Albufeira was flooded after torrential rains...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSXij0_oass

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Old 11-01-2015, 02:27 PM
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The Lisbon earthquake per historical sources had an significant impact on the Portuguese psyche of that era which believed it was result of an angry punishing deity. Thankfully the Marquis of Pombal had sense and rebuilt the city.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebast...quis_of_Pombal
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Old 11-10-2015, 11:59 AM
 
Location: West Coast of Europe
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They put quite some effort into this church in the small city of Ovar, both interior and exterior are covered with colorful hand-painted tiles:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D0wbRmlKaH...%C3%A1lega.jpg

http://www.vortexmag.net/wp-content/...03/valega1.jpg

The whole process of designing the whole painting, and then painting and burning those countless unique tiles that will make up the final painting later on, is really an art and takes a lot of time and talent.
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