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Trip to Portugal - Santa Justa, Valongo - Porto

5 Oct 2020 1 minute read 2 comments portugal

The city of Valongo is close to the city of Porto, about 11 km on the motorway. The city of Valongo has beside it the highest mountain in the district of Porto. This village is located between Serra de Santa Justa and Serra de Pias and is bathed...

Trip to Portugal - Azores S.Miguel Island

4 Oct 2020 1 minute read 4 comments portugal

S. Miguel Island is in the eastern part of the archipelago, has 137.699 inhabitants, just over half of the entire Azores population. The main economic activity on the island is the production of dairy products. Isolated in the Atlantic, it is ~2 hour...

Trip #5 Through Macro World - S.Justa Valongo | Portugal

4 Oct 2020 2 minute read 0 comments aleister

Today I end this kind of mini series through the macro world that exists in this mountain range through which i have whispered anxieties and shared doubts and asked questions about the future, about what awaits us from now on.It will certainly not b...

Travel Portugal - Quinta da Regaleira

3 Oct 2020 1 minute read 8 comments portugal

A few kilometers from Lisbon, Sintra enchants tourists with its imposing and beautiful palaces, surrounded by green forests. One of the most impressive is Quinta da Regaleira, also called the Palácio da Regaleira or Monteiro dos Milhões. It is locate...

Travel Portugal - Batalha Monastery

2 Oct 2020 1 minute read 2 comments portugal

Near the place where the Batalha Monastery stands, on August 14, 1385, a decisive event for the consolidation of the Portuguese nation took place: D.João, Mestre de Avis and future king of Portugal, won the Castilian armies in the battle of Aljubarro...

Trip #4 Through Macro World - S.Justa Valongo | Portugal

2 Oct 2020 2 minute read 0 comments aleister

Another visit to the Santa Justa Sierra to make a short report on the flora and fauna that we can find here, emphasizing the details through an approximate approach opting for a macro scale.In the last record i did not include any animals or insects...

Travel Portugal - Convent of Christ, Tomar

1 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments portugal

The Convento de Cristo rises on top of a hill, within the walls of the Castle of the Templars, dominating the city of Tomar, Portugal. Both the castle and the convent were headquarters of the Templars in the year 1314 and the order of Christ in 1357....

Walk around Lubort Castle - "Luchesk Half Marathon"

1 Oct 2020 3 minute read 0 comments Andrii Androshchuk

Continuing to get acquainted with the Ukrainian half marathons, so I decided to turn my attention to the Volyn region again. There are three very interesting races in Volyn, namely two half marathons ("Kovel Half Marathon" and half marathon in Lutsk)...

Trip #3 Through Macro World - S.Justa Valongo | Portugal

1 Oct 2020 1 minute read 1 comment aleister

In the third round of the macro world captured in the Santa Justa mountain range in Valongo, it is possible to register more new species of vegetation, such as thorns, wild flowers and small plants that grow between the slate, i have no idea what th...

Portuguese castels - Castel of Evoramonte

30 Sep 2020 1 minute read 2 comments portugal

The Castle of Evoramonte will be one of the rare Portuguese castles that combines unique characteristics: for the architectural ensemble that fits, for the excellence of the landscape that can be enjoyed, but also for its historical importance since...