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FAMOUS PLACES
Portugal is a country of astonishing beauty and
diversity. Portugal is one of Europe's premier
golfing destinations. You could also take part
in the big game fishing or horse riding; learn
how to windsurf or water ski.
LISBON
It is
the capital of Portugal. It is famous for the
distinctive charm and for the singular atmosphere.
Rossío
The Rossío
is looking beautiful with its tree-lined avenues
and new pedestrian areas and handy Metro station.
Baixa
The town
- the Baixa - is the heart of the capital, and
contains the country's administrative departments,
banks and business offices. Europe's first great
example of neoclassical design and urban planning,
Beja
Roman
town, Beja has a Muslim cultural centre . Other
famous places are churches of Santo António
(Visigothic) and Santa Maria; convent and castle
of São Francisco (currently a pousada);
chapel of Santo André (Gothic-Moorish),
and Misericórdia Church (Renaissance).
Roman ruins at Pisões.
Elvas
Fortress town, with Roman-Arab castle, Amoreiras
Aqueduct. Other places of interest: mother-church
(Manueline), churches of Nossa Senhora da Consolação
(Renaissance) and Santa Clara (17th century),
and Archeology and Ethnography Museum.
Estremoz
Town
crowned by a 13th-century castle, with a citadel
(currently a pousada) and Santa Isabel Chapel
(18th-century). special reference to the Gothic
Dom Dinis Palace, São Francisco Church
and Convent (Romanesque-Gothic), Paços
do Concelho (14th-century), Maltesas Convent (16th-century),
and the Municipal
Museum.
Mértola
This
tower sits over the right bank of the Guardiana
river. The town's main attraction is its castle,
built by the Moors, with a guard tower.
Vila Viçosa
The Duke's
palace belongs to the House of Bragança,
the last Portuguese dinasty.
Porto & the North
Porto
(Oporto) is famous for Port wine, the lush Costa
Verde (Green Coast), the valleys of the Douro
and the Minho and the Serra da Estrêla,
the part of Portugal's highest mountain range.The
second-largest city in Portugal was nominated
European City of Culture for 2001.
Coimbra
Coimbra
is the oldest and famous University of Portugal.
The historical center is on a hill, where the
University erects and from where the streets and
alleys start, leading to the core of the city.
Coimbra is also famous as a centre of Fado, traditional
Portuguese folk music.
Faro
It is
the capital of Algarve. Sights include the Cathedral
(Sé), an Archeological Museum and the Carmo
Church and ossuary.
Lagos
A former
centre of the slave trade. The famous place is
a 17th century fort (now a museum), provides a
beautiful scenery of the town's natural harbour.
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