Martha from California

4 September 2016, Sunday, Condeixa-A-Nova to Coimbra

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September 4th 2016
Sunday, 4 September 2016, Condeixa-a-Nova to Coimbra, day 10 Up and Down, Up and down 25739 steps 85 stairs 11.24 miles. Garmin GPS 12.39 miles As we are leaving the pousada, we see a potting wheel and paints for children to use in making ceramic pieces. see photos. This pousada, our home for a night, started life as a 14thc. palace. At the beginning of the 19th c. it was an in ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Central » Coimbra

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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