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Mosteiro de Jeronimos (I)  
   

Mosteiro de Jeronimos (I)

the facade of the Monastery, Lisbon
A wee bit of Portugal

October 1st 2007
Bom Dia(hello) Well we said you would be bombarded with blogs so here goes again, two in one week! So having headed up the Spanish west coast we decided to do a quick jaunt through the southern part of Portugal. Our first port of call was Quateria along the majestic Algarve coast. We did not realise that Portugal is an hour behind Spain, so of course we were an hour early for everything ... read more
Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Lisbon

Portuguese Flag 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
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