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Portugal El Camino - 2016

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September 15th 2016
Day 19 – September 11, 2016 - Grijo, Portugal to Porto, Portugal - 11.7 Miles Sergio and his daughter arrived at Sao Joao da Madeira at 9 am to take us back to Grijo where we had stopped walking yesterday. After dropping us off at the Church of the Monastery of Saint Saviour of Grijo, we were fortunate to have this nice gentleman give us a tour of the church and stamp our pilgrim’s passp ... read more

Europe » Portugal

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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