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Photograph from the Penha Sanctuary picturing the city of Guimarães in 2013. Known as the "Birthplace of Portugal" or "The Cradle City", Guimarães played a crucial role in the foundation of the oldest nation state in the world, serving as it's first capital and the site of the Battle of São Mamede in 1128, where Portugal secured it's independence from the Kingdom of Galicia.
Arquitectura Popular dos Açores (in Portuguese), Lisboa, Portugal: Ordem dos Arquitectos, 2000; Bragaglia, Pierluigi (1999), Concelho de Santa Cruz das Flores: Roteiro Histórico e Pedestre (in Portuguese), Câmara Municipal de Santa Cruz das Flores "Santa Cruz e as suas igrejas: Convento e Ermidas", O Monchique (in Portuguese), 21 May 1998 ...
Porto da Cruz (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtu ðɐ ˈkɾuʃ], is a civil parish in the municipality of Machico in the northeastern corner of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 2,597, [ 1 ] in an area of 25.22 km 2 .
Santa Cruz is a locality in the Silveira parish, part of the municipality of Torres Vedras, Portugal. It is mostly known for its extensive quality beaches. The beach of Santa Cruz served as inspiration for several poets, including Antero de Quental, João de Barros and Kazuo Dan. [1]
Seu Contexto Urbanístico e Sociocultural", Lisboa. Revista Municipal (in Portuguese) (Série 2 ed.) Pereira, Luis Gonzaga (1924), Monumentos Sacros de Lisboa em 1833 (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal {}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ; Pereira, Paulo (1988), "O Portal do Capítulo Novo do Convento do Carmo", Lisboa.
The Castelo da Póvoa (English: Castle of Póvoa), also Fortress of Póvoa de Varzim, officially Fortaleza da Nossa Senhora da Conceição or Nossa Senhora da Conceição Fortress, is a Portuguese fortress in Póvoa de Varzim rebuilt during the reigns of Peter II and John V (between 1701 and 1740) to defend the town from privateers, in the site of an earlier fort known as "Forte de Torrão".
Santa Clara (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɐ̃tɐ ˈklaɾɐ]) is a freguesia (civil parish) and typical quarter of Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal.Located in northern Lisbon, Santa Clara is north of Lumiar, west of Olivais, and directly south of Lisbon's border with Odivelas and Loures.
Portuguese Baroque and Rococo in the Matriz Church of Póvoa de Varzim. The architecture of Póvoa de Varzim, in Portugal, demonstrates a broad variety of architectural styles over its thousand years of history. 11th-century Romanesque, 16th-century Mannerism, 18th-century Baroque, late 18th-century neoclassicism, early 20th-century Portuguese modernism and late 20th- to early 21st-century ...