Aerial view over the area of The Cathedral. This cathedral was built in the area belonging to the walled complex of Santarém, specifically next to the port of Leiria. The space was occupied by the Royal Palace, but D. João IV made his donation to ...
In the 13th century, Vila do Conde belonged to D. Maria Pais, Ribeirinha, with whom King D. Sancho I fell in love and it would have been a great tetraneta, D. Teresa Martins, married to Afonso Sanches, illegitimate son of King D. Dinis, who will f...
This S.Francisco Convent started in 1245. The land where it was built, known as Redondela, was offered by a devout Porto trader. It was here in Porto that the Franciscans experienced the most difficulties in building their monastery. The disputes ...
The Porto Cathedral is a building of Roman-Gothic structure, from the 12th-13th century, having undergone major remodeling in the Baroque period (17th-18th centuries). The interior still retains the aspect of a fortress church, with battlements. I...
On the south side of the Cathedral opens the Gothic cloister, a work commissioned by Bishop D. João III and started in 1385, contemporary with the construction of the Batalha Monastery. On each side of the court, four broken arches open, inscribin...
Folgosa, in the Municipality of Armamar. The surrounding landscape is dominated by the river, which flows at its feet, and by the estates where the famous port wine is produced. Right next to it is one of the largest in the entire Douro: Quinta do...
Anyone who visits the farm today sees an idyllic promontory overlooking the Douro River, surrounded by vineyards and olive trees, upon their arrival at this well-kept wine estate, in which the old Quinta do Crasto houses stand out and where includ...
Freixo de Espada à Cinta is considered by many to be the "most Manueline village in Portugal", which is almost an enigma. In the countryside of Trás-os-Montes, agricultural, without great known patrons, almost without road connections to the most ...
We are on the Citadel or Village, a walled enclosure that was once part of a wider wall, it is the oldest urban center in Bragança. It is likely that, in a town so close to the border, a defensive line was built in this place, still in the reign o...
We are in the vertical of the old market square, whose partial facade has remained in remembrance of the old building of the municipal market. aerial view
Castle from which there are extensive walls, with an uncertain device, that surround the old city center, with a round path and torn by slightly broken arch doors: Doors of Senhora do Amparo, Falsa and Postigo, one of them protected by killers. Th...
