Mosteiro dos Jerónimos was built to give thanks for the success of Vasco da Gama's expedition to India

Portugal: Fairy Tale Castles, Grottoes, and Seagulls

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June 9th 2006
Hello Everyone! We were very excited about Portugal since their language is Portuguese (obviously), which Heather is fluent in and I can get by from what I learned in Brazil, but also this was going to be the first time that we would be somewhere with warm beaches since we started traveling over a month ago! We had no specific agenda, and really didn’t know what Lisbon had to offer, but that ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Lisbon

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more