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Swan of the Swan Room

Magpies

September 29th 2016
Geo: 38.7072, -9.13552MagpiesDAY FOURThursday, September 29, 2016 Many things to see; many things seen.Following breakfast at the Ritz, we boarded our coach for a half-hour transfer to Sintra, a resort town in the Sintra Mountains. The Moorish- and Manueline-style Sintra National Palace is distinguished by dramatic twin chimneys and elaborate tilework. Sintra is known ... read more
Europe » Portugal

Portuguese Flag 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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