Standing lion

Jeronimus Monastery cloister patio

Amália (II)

The Electricity Museum currently houses the second part of the Amália Exhibit.
Check this post for some information.

Creature

Looking out

CCB (Belém Cultural Center)
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Late afternoon

Lisbon roofs

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A slice of red sky

All windows were open when, suddenly, the air became red inside the house. I ran to the balcony and took this shot. The colour was so intense that it seems I have used a red filter, but I don't even own one!... :-)

African Soul (II)

The Berardo Collection, Lisbon

More exhibit photos at Joanne's INSPIRATION blog

African Soul

The Berardo Collection, Lisbon

BURA-ASINDA-SIKA

About 1.500 years old, Niger

African Soul Exhibition - the Berardo Collection

Distortion

Reflections in the mirrored Beatles.

(Check previous post)

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles at the entrance of the MUDE (Design and Fashion Museum), currently housing the 'It's Forbidden to Forbid' exhibition, the coolest and craziest in Lisbon at the moment - an amazing display of international 60s and 70s items very much under a 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' atmosphere (shame photos are not allowed).
The Augusta Street Arch stands in the background of McCartney shot.
Sorry about the poor light, but the weather has been miserable here lately... Even so, click on both pics for a better view.

Growing

Huge fern in one of the CCB (Belém Cultural Center) patios.

Train

Oeiras train station (Lisbon-Cascais railroad)

Alexander Calder

Current exhibition at Palácio do Egipto, Oeiras Cultural Center.

Corner house

The upside down blue boat tells me a fisherman lives there.

Triumphal Arch

Artwork by Xana made of 2.500 plastic boxes at the Electricity Museum yard.

'Closed on Tuesdays'

Manueline arches

Jeronimus Monastery cloister patio
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Underground crossway

Close encounters...?

Exhibition entrance

Check previous post.

Amália

Amália Rodrigues (1920-1989), singer and actress, was the maximum exponent of Portugal's popular music, the Fado, and so, the greatest international portuguese celebrity and the most admired and loved star in the country. She also sang poems turned music of several portuguese poets and, in fact, Variety's magazine chose her in 1959 as one of the four best female singers in history.
On the 10th anniversary of her death, the 'Amália Exhibit' takes place at the CCB (Belém Cultural Center).

Estoril, 1966

Silver

MNAA - Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga

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Twilight time

A very popular restaurant/beer house in a pond next to the Tagus River (background).

'Reclining Figure: Arch Leg'

Henry Moore's sculpture at the CCB gardens. In the background: 25th of April Bridge and the Monument to the Dicoveries (check this post to see some details).
Click on both pics for a better view.

Jeronimus Church

This is what's behind the doors I posted yesterday as seen from the upper choir, the only place where you are allowed to take photos (what I really found difficult to do...). Click to enlarge both pics for a better view of the church even though they don't do it justice...

November Theme Day: 'Doorways'

Jeronimus Church (16th century)

Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

Happy Halloween

Yellow lighthouse

Mussel habitat

Palácio dos Arcos

The Palace of the Arches dates back to the late 15th century, but it was rebuilt 300 years later according to its original façade. It obvsiously needs urgent restoration work and still I don't see any signs...
(Click on the photos for a better view)

Fishing boats

Paço de Arcos Bay

Art Nouveau

Chinese shop

Coco

Beautiful Keira on a billboard by the railroad

After the storm

Beaches have allready been cleaned up but still no sun...

Agave close-up

The Temptation of St. Anthony

Hieronymus Bosch's famous triptych painting (circa 1500).
MNAA-Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga's permanent exhibit.

Bad weather

A big storm hit us last night. Heavy rains and strong winds brought chaos to many areas. I found this pool right behind my house. It seems 'summer' is definitely gone now...

Past and present

Lisbon harbour as seen from MNAA-Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga gardens.

Golden rails (II)

Railroad Lisbon-Cascais

Lisbon City Hall Square (II)

Just a different perspective (Click to enlarge)

The big blue

São Pedro Beach (Click to enlarge)

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CLIMATE CHANGE

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Sign on the cliffs at São Pedro do Estoril

These are the remnants of a bar at Parede built in the 50s that has worked for more than 30 years. In the early 90s the owners just couldn't fight the sea and they simply had to leave.
This is just one example. Every winter in the last years, bars, restaurants and even summer houses are destroyed (or have to be abandoned) at the most critical areas of the portuguese coastline.

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''Rock slide on Portugal beach kills five'' (August 21)
(Courtesy of ABC News, Australia)

Shade

Ponta do Sal Café

Sea breeze

First of season

Despite the heat (30ºC again!), mushrooms have shown up after last monday and tuesday heavy rains.

Shop window

Yesterday evening

MNAA

Housed in a grand palace dating back to 1690, the MNAA - Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga has an amazing European art collection, bursting with Portuguese works, including painting, sculpture, ceramics, textiles and furniture. There is also a superb collection of decorative art from Africa, India, China and Japan.

The museum currently houses the Encompassing the Globe: Portugal and the World in the 16th and 17th Centuries exhibition. Nearly 300 extraordinary objects gathered from museums in China, India, Japan, South America and Europe speak to the cultural exchange that took place between Portuguese explorers and people in Africa, India, Oman, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, China, Japan and Brazil. Don't miss this if you are in Lisbon until sunday!