Beach in Porto

Portugal - Porto & Lisbon

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July 29th 2005
During the last week and a half of our trip we visited Portugal (and Spain, that will be another blog) with a group of friends. Porto was first on our itinerary followed by Lisbon, we'll let our pictures speak for themselves....... ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto

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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