The entrance to the palace

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Portugal 12 - Sintra - Monseratte Palace - An Portuguese Gertrude Jekyll garden and Indian house

September 27th 2015
Having caught the bus back to our starting point we joined the rather long queue for the bus to Monseratte Palace. The queue stretched along the block and past the train station. Rather than four bus stops the one had to cater for those doing the Pena Castle loop, the trip to the coast at Cabo Roca, the bus to Cascais and the one we were waiting for which was the bus for Monserraz. We checked the ... 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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