A Survivor

This Baroque statue of St. John Nepomucene was originally decorating the Alcantara Bridge destroyed by the big earthquake in 1755.

Carmo Archaeological Museum at the Carmo Convent ruins, Lisbon

Low Tide (III)

Mini Stonehenge

A lot of 'benches' at Baden-Powell Park, Carcavelos

Avenida Palace

Lisbon, 1892

(Shame on the plastic cover...)

Bent Pine Tree

Small (decorative?) old tower and menhir like rocks at Quinta da Alagoa Park, Carcavelos

Old White House

This photo could have been taken at an old village lost in the countryside.

 Actually I found this house at about 500 metres from my place in a neighbourhood I seldom go for a walk.

Temperatures have dropped to 17ºC and it was raining all night long... Crazy weather!

Web

I wonder what the 'landlord' looks like! :-)

Downtown Oeiras Park

Wet benches

It's obvious why there's a railing on this spot! :-)

Sea Promenade at Monte Estoril

The Guitar Player

Staircase Details

Palácio do Egipto (18th century), Oeiras Cultural Center

Decay (VI)

Neo-Arabic building (19th century) in Lisbon

It seems Scheherazade is gone for good! :-)

Unemployment rate: 10,8%

Crowded Carcavelos Beach on a week day

Thanks to the incompetent politicians (to say the least) who have ruled this country in the last years (or shall I say decades?), Portugal has reached its highest unemployment rate ever and is now #4 on the unemployment top list of countries inside the EU.

June Theme Day: Funny Signs

Would you? :-)

Sea Promenade at Cascais

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Passing Train

From the foreground to the back:

- Moitas Beach

- Restaurants on the Sea Promenade

- Lisbon-Cascais railroad

- Estrada Marginal, the coastal road connecting Lisbon to Cascais

(no visible cars in the photo)

- Private houses

Shoe Repair Service

How many can you find nowadays?

Shopping mall at Oeiras

Grey Agave

Resting spot on the Sea Promenade at Cascais

Decay (V)

Downtown Oeiras

''Happy Hour #2''

Bruno Pacheco's oil on canvas on display at the Oeiras Cultural Center

Our Lady of the Conception Chapel

Conceição Beach, Cascais

This small chapel next to the ocean survived the earthquake followed by a tsunami in 1755 without much damage.

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In 1646 King João IV has stated Our Lady of Conception would be the patroness of the portuguese kingdom.
This is why you can find religious buildings having her name all over the country and in former colonies such as Brazil, Angola, Mozambique or Goa (India).
There also are forts named after the saint in Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique, Iran (Hormuz Island) and East Timor.
Parish, square or institution names can be found too in Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Saint Thomas & Prince or Macao (China).

Old Street Lamp

Bairro Alto, Lisbon

Monster Croc Is Watching

:-)

Are You Talking To Me?

Sixteen of these guys decorate the façades of the abandoned building which, hopefully, will become the Museum of Sports in 2011.

Lone Palm Tree

Small pond at Oeiras

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Peeping

Paço de Arcos Beach

Vandalism (II)

I found this vandalized statue about one year ago and to my surprise it's even more damaged now. Check the difference by clicking here.

Downtown Oeiras Park

Vestige of a Monarchy

Portuguese crown and shield at the Cascais Bay
As to the buildings in the background, formerly private houses, are now small hotels although the black roofed one is for navy officers only.

Joana's Wonderland

Joana Vasconcelos' exhibition: entrance and next room housing 'Contamination'

Three Shadows in a Row

Lage Creek at Downtown Oeiras

If you can't beat them, join them!

Tram cables can many times ruin your photos so, instead of avoiding them, let's face this post as a kind of a tribute! :-)

A private house stands in the background.

Living in the Shade

Tree Ferns at the SAMS Hospital yard, Lisbon

Luís de Camões

Luís Vaz de Camões (1524-1580) is considered Portugal's greatest poet. He is best remembered for his epic 'Os Lusíadas' (The Lusiads), a fantastic interpretation of the portuguese voyages of discovery during the 15th and 16th centuries, written in the homeric fashion after his return from the Indies.

This bust is one of four at the Poets Cascade, Oeiras Palace gardens

Oasis

A quiet place to have lunch right in the heart of the city

Edward VII Park, Lisbon

'Men in the Cities'

Robert Longo's drawings (1979) on display at the CCB

For sale

Brand new restoration works have somehow given a more modern look to these old houses at Oeiras

Decay (IV)

This is supposed to be the oldest street at Oeiras

Contrast (III)

Cristóbal Gabarrón's sculpture and the side façade of the Rossio Train Station building, Lisbon.

Fancy a swim?

Beach dressing cart (19th century)

Museum of the Sea at Cascais

The Magic Box

A great collection at Sneakers Delight
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Laura

Art Nouveau house at Monte Estoril

Creature (II)

Avencas Beach

Back Home

Gardens of the Cascade, Royal Country Estate at Caxias

All statues have been removed for restoration and are now little by little coming back to their original places, but there's something weird with these as they don't seem to fit on the fountain/pond pedestals...

The cascade in the background of the top pic is not working (yet?) and the garden library (bottom pic) still needs urgent work.

Sneakers Delight

A favourite footwear shop in Lisbon

Maze

Alberto Carneiro's 'Cane Field' (1968), Oeiras Cultural Center

May Theme Day: Statues

Palmela Palace (18th century), Lisbon

The building currently houses the Attorney General's Office

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