Bull Ring - Vila Franca

It's all Bull and Trams

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October 10th 2007
Bom Dia Bo & Dud, Thought we needed a mid-week update, so much is happening at the moment. Don’t know if I mentioned but this weekend has been a Bank Holiday. We were told about a festival that was ‘not to be missed’. The village of Vila Franca de Xira lies just outside Lisbon on the north bank of the Tagus River; the village is known for being one of the prime places for bull breeding i ... read more

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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