Cromeleque dos Almendres

Inland from Lisbon

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May 10th 2007
We left Lisbon across the impressive Ponte 25 de Abril suspension bridge which spans high over the Rio Tejo and journeyed inland to Cromeleque dos Almendres, the Iberian peninsula’s largest Neolithic stone circle. A very atmospheric place. Then on to Évora a walled town with the remains of a roman temple where we stayed the night after a rather hairy cycle ride into the historic centre to s ... read more

Europe » Portugal

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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