Archive for the Portugal Category
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Video(s) of the week: Guimarães, Portugal, 2012 European Capital of Culture
In 2007 Sibiu, a city from Romania, was declared European Capital of Culture. In 2012, a city from Portugal, Guimarães, has the same honor: to be European Capital of Culture. There are 2 cities – Guimarães and Maribor. I’ll presend you Maribor
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Video(s) of the week: Lisbon, Portugal
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal. According to visitlisboa.com, legend has it that Lisboa was founded by Ulysses. The name comes from “Olissipo”, which has its origins in the Phoenician words “Allis Ubbo”, meaning “en
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Explore Portugal’s most popular tourist destination
Guest post by Ela Krawczykowska My last holiday destination was Algarve. Why? I’ve heard so much about it from my friends from Lisbon. I love Portugal, its climate, people and food and Algarve is probably the best place to go when on holiday in
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Holy trip to Lisbon: The Ascension (Part 2)
Please read also Part I The fist milestone is the famous neighbourhood called Alfama. It is a traditionally poor barrio that has survived the earth-quake in 1775, still bearing strong Moorish influences in terms of architecture. I just hold my bre
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Holy trip to Lisbon (Part I)
Happy Easter! For millions of Christians world-wide, Easter means faith and hope reconfirming God’s enormous power of love and grace for human-beings. But no matter which religion one is Easter remains a good time to reflect on one’s deeds and ge
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