"Maria"

Downtown Oeiras

CDP January Theme Day: Photo Of The Year

I actually can't choose one photo, but I like the following shots. 
You'll be the judge. :-)

1 - "Espelho d'Água" Café at Belém, Lisbon

2 - Autumn at downtown Oeiras

3 - "Confeitaria Nacional", a pastry shop operating since 1829 at downtown Lisbon

4 - Central Mosque of Lisbon

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Sant'Anna

Ceramic and tile factory's old ad/bench at the downtown Oeiras park

Red Clouds

Autumn Mode

Downtown Oeiras Park (back and forth)

Angel's Trumpet

Downtown Oeiras Park

According to the IUCN Red List, all species of the poisonous Brugmansia are
extinct in the wild

"I Want My Ball Back"

Downtown Oeiras Park

Neglected Old Fountain

Downtown Oeiras Park

One More Dead Palm Tree

Thousands of Palm Trees are dying thanks to an Asian Beetle whose larvae feed on the trunks where they excavate holes up to one meter long. It's a heartbreaking scenery. 

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This is my contribution to the CDP December Theme Day: "Worker"

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Rain

Downtown Oeiras Park

Repaving

... in the old Portuguese cobblestone way at Oeiras

Decay (CIX)

Detail of a staircase at the gardens of the Palace of the Marquis of Pombal and 1st Count of Oeiras at Oeiras

Pergola

Gardens of the Palace of the Marquis of Pombal and 1st Count of Oeiras at Oeiras

The Coming Storm

Nova Oeiras

It rained SO heavily for one hour that Lisbon was flooded (second time this autumn!). Something is very wrong.

Watch Dogs

Palace of the Marquis of Pombal and 1st Count of Oeiras at Oeiras

(Hope the missing tiles have been taken for restoration)

18th Century Fountain

Downtown Oeiras

Decay (CVIII)

Downtown Oeiras

On Top Of The Cascade

Check the previous post

Tasso, Homer, Virgil and Camões

Poets Cascade (currently dry) at the gardens of the Palace of the Marquis of Pombal and 1st Count of Oeiras at Oeiras

Summer Colours