Dam!

Field trip to an abandoned ski lift and some other dam sights

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May 31st 2007
Last weekend our school organized a field trip to the Serra da Estrela, the highest mountain range in continental Portugal, a couple of hours inland from Coimbra. We were kind of excited about it because it was one of the last parts of Portugal that we'd really wanted to see and hadn't yet. The Serra da Estrela is known for producing serra cheese, some of the best and most expensive in Portugal. ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Central » Serra da Estrela

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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