Still Ruined Church

Never fully finished rebuilding as a monument to the 1755 earthquake. It happened early in the morning, when most people were in churches, like this one. Some 90,000 people they say died, mainly from churches collapsing on them.

Sintra and Lisbon Walking

July 15th 2013
Woke up bright and early, had a quick breakfast at the hotel, and took the 30 minute train ride to Sintra. This little town is the Versailles of Portugal, being home, as it is, to the many palaces of Portugal's recently extinct royal family. It's also a very pretty town, perched on several hills covered in thick trees. I first started at the palace at the absolute top of town, called Pena ... 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

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