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OtherFaculdade de Arquitectura do PortoThe building of Oporto University's Faculty of Architecture was designed by Álvaro Siza Vieira between 1985 and 1986, when he “returned” to the university where he studied between 1949 and 1955. Of major international renown, the “Oporto School” (...)
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OtherFado ou Canção de Coimbra (Fado or the song of Coimbra)Some say that the Fado originated in the melodies imported by Brazilian students who, from 1860 onwards, came to Coimbra to study; others say that this form of song was brought here by students from Lisbon and that the university city made it sound (...)
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OtherFesta das Tochas FloridasEaster in São Brás de Alportel The torches, which were formerly long candles, are now poles festooned with flowers. They are carried by men who gather together in two wings during the procession, which marks the Resurrection of Christ, celebrated on (...)
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OtherFestival of Nossa Senhora dos RemédiosIn the fifteenth century, close to the site where the shrine now stands was a small chapel dedicated to St Stephen. In the sixteenth century, the bishop of Lamego, D. Manuel de Noronha, commissioned from the "holy city" of Rome a statue of the (...)
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OtherFestival of Our Lady in SorrowViana do Castelo´s worship of Our Lady in Sorrow dates from 1744, when fishermen first began to call upon her to make sure that the sea would not be rough. 20 August has become established as the day for the festival in her honour. In 1772, a royal (...)
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OtherFestivity of the EntrudoThe carnival period that begins on January 6, Epiphany, is marked by various moments of community spirit leading up to the festivity of Fat Sunday and Carnival Tuesday, designated by the days of the "Compadres and Comadres" (the "godfathers and (...)
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OtherFive views of the Douro1 - São Leonardo da GalafuraClose to Régua, and in the vicinity of the village of Poiares, there is the São Leonardo da Galafura viewpoint. The landscape below encompasses both the Douro valley and the Serra do Marão and was described by writer (...)
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OtherFonte de SantiagoOn the south side of Largo de Santiago, the fountain of the same name is actually a covered public washhouse with a water fountain outside. The unusual 16th century square design was built on the orders of archbishop Diogo de Sousa to improve the (...)
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OtherFrom Évora's Cathedral to Largo das Portas de MouraTurning the apse of the Sé, head down the Freiria de Cima street looking for the porches and twinned windows that ornament some of the houses. Continuing along the streets of Cenáculo and Freiria de Baixo, you come across S. Manços street where (...)
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OtherFrom Faro to Vila Real de Sto AntónioThe Algarve capital since 1756 has been Faro, where the Ria Formosa - a natural park considered the most important wildlife sanctuary in the Algarve - hints at its´ true splendour and size. One of the last places in Europe to preserve intact it´s (...)
