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Fundação Mata do Buçaco (in Portuguese). [dead link ] Alt URL; Websites "Conheça a Mata". Fundação Mata do Buçaco (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. "Documentação a Mata Nacional do Bussaco". DRAP Centro (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 28 June 2014. "Forest Park of the Discalced Carmelites ...
Located in the northwestern corner is the Mata Nacional do Bussaco (Bussaco Forest), an ancient walled arboretum. Palácio Hotel do Buçaco. Towards the close of the 19th century the Serra de Bussaco became one of the regular halting-places for foreign, and especially for British, tourists, on the overland route between Lisbon and Porto.
Preserved chapel of the Convento de Santa Cruz do Buçaco beside the Palace Hotel. Convento de Santa Cruz do Buçaco is a former Carmelite monastery in the Mata Nacional do Buçaco (Buçaco Forest) protected forest of the Serra do Buçaco, Portugal. It was constructed in 1628. [1]
The monks of the Convento de Santa Cruz do Buçaco not only built a convent but also created a luxurious garden with many species of trees. The garden was supposed to represent Mount Carmel (where the order was founded) and the Earthly Paradise.
São Pedro de Moel is a beach community dependent on the city, freguesia and municipality of Marinha Grande in the District of Leiria, Portugal. According to the 2011 Portuguese Census, it has 389 inhabitants. It is located within the Pinhal de Leiria, south of the mouth of Ribeira de Moel. It is a seaside village, west of the cities of Marinha ...
Peneda-Gerês National Park (Portuguese: Parque Nacional da Peneda-Gerês, Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpaɾkɨ nɐsjuˈnal dɐ pɨˈneðɐ ʒɨˈɾeʃ]), also known simply as Gerês, is a national park in Norte Region, Portugal. Created in May 1971, it is the oldest protected area and the only national park in Portugal.
Bensafrim e Barão de São João is a civil parish in the municipality of Lagos, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Bensafrim and Barão de São João. [ 1 ] The population in 2011 was 2,425, [ 2 ] in an area of 130.20 km 2 .
The Mata Escura Biological Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva Biológica da Mata Escura) is a biological reserve in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It protects a remnant of Atlantic Forest , and includes a unique mix of vegetation on sandy hilltops.