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The Road to Seville

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February 6th 2010
LAGOS Day 17 Before getting on my bus to Seville I decided to take one final walk around Lagos. Overall, I found Portugal to be a lovely country to visit. For being one of, if not the poorest country in Europe it doesn’t show it. You see a few street beggers but nothing that you wouldn’t see in any city around the world. The cities, big ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Lagos

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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