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Portugal El Camino - 2016

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September 22nd 2016
Day 25 – September 17, 2016 - Viana do Castelo, Portugal to Vila Praia de Ancora, Portugal – 16.24 Miles We left the hotel walking alongside the river passing by some beautiful flowers on one side and a boat on the other. As we continued on we walked by the walls of a fort, the Viana do Castelo church, a statue of half a horse/half a rider and then a rooster vane with pink hearts. We leave t ... 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