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OtherSalinas da Fonte da BicaOn the slopes of the Serra dos Candeeiros, around 3 kms from Rio Maior, the salt pans are located in a large valley next to the Fonte da Bica, in a place known as Marinhas do Sal. The salt pans cover the ground with a white/grey blanket of (...)
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OtherSão Domingos Copper MineLocated on the left bank of the River Guadiana, this area was mined from Roman times until the early 1960s, when the mine was finally abandoned. The region has the appearance of a ghost town, where the wealth of former times has now given way to (...)
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OtherSinagoga Beit EliahuBeit Eliahu SynagogueThe Beit Eliahu Synagogue is a modern construction, inaugurated in 1996, precisely 500 years after the decree that prohibited Judaism in Portugal.Leaving the castle and following the Calçada Romana (Roman Path), you enter the (...)
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OtherSinagoga Shaare TikvahShaare Tikvah SynagogueInaugurated in 1904, the Shaare Tikvah (Portas da Esperança (Doors of Hope)) Synagogue was the first synagogue built in Portugal after the expulsion decreed by King Manuel I, in 1496. Located in the centre of Lisbon, it has no (...)
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OtherSmall villages near Alcácer do SalSanta Susana villageNot far from the Pego de Altar dam, the village of Santa Susana (Saint Susan) holds quite some novelty: buildings in modernist architecture from the 40s. They were built by the benefactor, Henrique Louro Fernandes, whose monogram (...)
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OtherSouth and Southeast Station (Estação Sul e Sueste) - LisbonThe South and Southeast Station (Estação Sul e Sueste) is a river station located in Terreiro do Paço, Lisbon, where you can catch the boats that make sightseeing tours on the Tagus. Next to Doca da Marinha, it is a point with history by the Tagus, (...)
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OtherSouto Moura won the Pritzker prize 2011The architect Eduardo Souto Moura won the Pritzker prize 2011, what is come to be known throughout the world as architecture’s highest honor. This is the second time on the history of the prize that a Portuguese architect has been chosen . The (...)
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OtherSports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue 2010 magazine in PortugalThe 2010 annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition is out; and it features, for the first time, Portugal as backdrop to some of the most beautiful women and alluring bathing suits in the world. The Swimsuit Issue is the highest selling edition of (...)
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OtherSuggested visitsOne of the best ways of getting to know Santarém is by following one of the thematic tours. Those presented here have taken as their criterion the artistic movements that accompanied the city´s social and economic development. If possible, choose (...)
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OtherTeatro CamõesThe Camões Theatre was designed by the architect, Manuel Salgado, in respect for the guidelines designed for the public spaces of Expo ’98, which he also designed. Facing two buildings with a very prominent volumetry - the Pavilion of Knowledge and (...)
