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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal

 

Region: Southwestern Europe

Area total: 92,090 km2

Coast line:  Atlantic Ocean

Capital: Lisbon

 

 

Monte Palace-Tropical-Gardens-Madeira

 

 

Castle of Obidos

 

 

Obidos

 

 

Quinta da Regaleira-Sintra

 

 

Dom Pedro IV-Porto

 

 

Ceramic tiles are part of the facade decoration of many houses in Lisbon. This tradition goes back to the culture of Moorish occupiers, polished in the Middle Ages of Andalusia from the Iberian Peninsula with stones (in Arabic "al zulaij" - Portuguese "azulejos") supplied. From 15./.16. Century the tiles came  from Spain and Portugal Mallorca ("majolica") and Holland's Delft.

 

 

 

 

 

Statue of poet António Ribeiro, the Chiado, in the Chiado Square.

It was a humorous and satirical poet of the sixteenth century

 

 

Train Station-Lisbon

 

 

The Carmo Church is a historical building in Lisbon, Portugal. The mediaeval convent was ruined in the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake,

and the ruins of its Gothic church  are the main trace of the great earthquake still visible in the city.
Nowadays the ruined Carmo Church is used as an archaeological museum.

 

 

Monserrate Palace-Sintra

 

 

Pena National Palace - Sintra

The palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the Seven Wonders of Portugal.

 

 

 

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