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LISBOA – Museu Nacional dos Coches – Embassy Coach to the Pope (Oceans)The National Coach Museum (Portuguese: Museu Nacional dos Coches) is located in the Belém district of Lisbon, in Portugal. The museum has one of the finest collections of historical carriages in the world, being one of the most visited museums [...]
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SINTRA – Castello Dos Mouros – StairsThe Castelo dos Mouros (The Moors Castle) is a ruinous castle situated on two peaks of the Serra de Sintra. It is a popular tourist attraction of Sintra. The Castelo dos Mouros was established during the 9th century by the North African Moors [...]
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SINTRA – Castello Dos Mouros – Aerial viewThe Castle of the Moors (Portuguese: Castelo dos Mouros) is a hilltop medieval castle located in the central Portuguese civil parish of Santa Maria e São Miguel, in the municipality of Sintra. Taken by Christian forces from the Moors after the [...]
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SINTRA – Palacio Da Pena – Frontal ViewThe Palace of Pena stands atop a rocky peak, which is the second highest point in the Sintra hills (the only place higher than the palace itself is the Cruz Alta, 528 metres above sea level). The palace is situated in the eastern part of the P [...]
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SINTRA – Palacio Da Pena – Aerial ViewLocated in the Sintra hills, the Park and Palace of Pena are the fruit of King Ferdinand II's creative genius and the greatest expression of 19th-century romanticism in Portugal, denoting clear influences from the Manueline and Moorish styles [...]
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FÁTIMA – Our Lady of FátimaOur Lady of Fátima, Portuguese: Nossa Senhora de Fátima, formally known as Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Fátima Nossa Senhora do Rosário de Fátima is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary based on apparitions reported to have been [...]
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FÁTIMA – Sanctuary of Our Lady of FátimaFátima's claim to fame is the shrine called the Basilica, built to commemorate the events of 1917 when the 'Virgin of the Rosary', Our Lady of Fátima, appeared to three peasant childrenin a pasture called the Cova da Iria.Fatima attracts a lar [...]
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LISBOA – Torre de BélémThe Torre de Bélem (Belém Tower) is a fortified tower located in the Belém district of Lisbon, Portugal. It was built in the early 16th century in the Portuguese late Gothic style, the Manueline, to commemorate Vasco da Gama's expedition. The [...]
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LISBOA – Mosteiro dos Jerónimos – The South PortalThe Mosteiro dos Jerónimos is considered to be the 'jewel' of the typically Portuguese Manueline style. It combines architectural elements of the final Gothic and Renaissance with a royal symbology related to Christ and to naturalism, which ma [...]
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ALCOBAÇA – Mosteiro de Alcobaça – FaçadeRemarkable is also the Relicário (Reliquary) and the Altar da Morte de São Bernardo (Altar consecrated to the Death of St. Bernard), made in terracotta, of the late-17th century, as well as the great kitchen of the 18th century. The neo-Gothic [...]
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TOMAR – Convento de Cristo – Janela do CapítuloThe Convent of Christ displays in its architectural ensemble art several testimonies: the Romanesque art, with the Templars; the Gothic and Manueline style, with the Discoveries; the Renaissance, during the Reform of the Order; the Mannerism, [...]
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LISBOA – Dom Afonso HenriquesAfonso I (1109-1185), more commonly known as Afonso Henriques and nicknamed 'the Conqueror' by the Moors, was the first King of Portugal, achieving its independence from León and doubling its area with the Reconquista. The Portuguese revere hi [...]
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LISBOA – Panteão NacionalThe Igreja de Santa Engrácia (Church of Santa Engrácia) is a 17th century monument of the city of Lisbon, in Portugal. In the 20th century the church has been converted into the Panteão Nacional (National Pantheon), in which important Portugue [...]
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TOMAR – Convento de Cristo – Courtyard and FountainListed as a World Cultural Heritage site by UNESCO since December 1983, the Convent of the Order of Christ and the Templars' Castle in Tomar form a unique monumental ensemble in their kind. The Castle was founded in 1160 by Dom Gualdim Pais, p [...]
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ALCOBAÇA – Mosteiro de Alcobaça – Side ViewThe Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Alcobaça is a mediaeval monastery located in the town of Alcobaça, in central Portugal. It was founded by the first Portuguese King, Afonso Henriques, in 1153, and maintained a close association with the Kings of [...]
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BATALHA – Mosteiro da BatalhaSanta Maria da Vitória na Batalha, more commonly known as the Batalha Monastery, is a Dominican monastery in the Portuguese town of Batalha, in the District of Leiria, Portugal. It is one of the best and original examples of Late Gothic archit [...]
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LISBOA – Castelo de São JorgeThe Castle of São Jorge (Saint George) is located on the highest hill of the historic centre of the city of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. It is one of the main historical and tourist sites of the city.The castle and the city of Lisbon were [...]
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LISBOA – Mosteiro dos JerónimosIn 1496, King Manuel requested the Holy See to authorize the construction of a great monastery at the entrance of Lisbon, close to the banks of the Tagus River.Works started in 1501 and were finished approximately one century later. King Manue [...]
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