Sheltered From The Rain

 

Carcavelos Beach

National Pantheon

Church of Santa Engrácia, Lisbon

 

Building work proceeded from 1682 through 1712, when the architect died. King John V lost interest in the church, concentrating his resources in the gigantic Convent of Mafra. The church was left unfinished until the 20th century when it has been converted into the National Pantheon, in which important Portuguese personalities are buried.

Arcades Around The Square

Terreiro do Paço, Lisbon

Drying Laundry

Alfama, Lisbon's oldest district

The Sé (Lisbon's Cathedral), built in 1150, stands in the background

Tram #28 (II)

Alfama, Lisbon

The Guitar Player

Alfama district, Lisbon

After the Flooding

Last thursday it rained all day long and Oeiras was flooded. The trash stuck on the railing helps us understand how high the water level was.

Saramago Foundation

 

Casa dos Bicos, Lisbon (check the building here)

José Saramago (16 November 1922 – 18 June 2010) was a Portuguese novelist, poet, playwright and journalist.

In 1992, the Portuguese Prime Minister Cavaco Silva -yuck!-, who currently is our President -yuck!-, ordered the removal of The Gospel According to Jesus Christ from the European Literary Prize's shortlist, claiming the work was religiously offensive. Disheartened by this political censorship of his work, Saramago went into exile on the Spanish island of Lanzarote, upon which he resided until his death in 2010.

In 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Sunshine and Pouring Rain

Underground passage to Carcavelos Beach

Church of São Vicente de Fora

Lisbon (1582-1627)
It's a huge building that was once used as a monastery. Check it here.

Breakfast at Alfama

 

My favourite café at Alfama, Lisbon's oldest district

Former Coastal Defense

 

São Bruno Fortress (17th century) at Caxias

The Cascade Garden

A royal playground built in the early 18th century at Caxias

CDP December Theme Day: "My Street"

This is the end of the street where I live.

The aqueduct was built to supply water to the palace of the first Count of Oeiras, the founder of the city of Oeiras (1759)

 

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Old Stone Cross (II)

A different perspective and a different mood here

Tiled Staircase

Palace of the Marquis of Pombal and first Count of Oeiras aka Oeiras Palace

Seven Colours

Carcavelos around 5 pm yesterday

Day Off

Moinho Bar at Moinho Beach, Carcavelos

Bugs Bunny's Foot

 

Former threads and fabrics factory at Alcântara, Lisbon

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Iridescent Reflections

Early 20th century house at Parede

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Juvenile Bongo at the Lisbon Zoo

Decay (LXXIII)

 

Abandoned building at Cascais

Autumn Skies

 

As seen from my house at Oeiras

A Strange Bench

It seems it was made from remnants of what might have been a beautiful structure

Tropical Botanical Garden, Belém, Lisbon

The Keys of the Kingdom

Belém, Lisbon

 

Scenes of the Age of Discoveries are carved around the pedestal of the statue of Afonso de Albuquerque, Portuguese navigator and conqueror, the second Viceroy of India.
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It's A Duck

Back street at Belém, Lisbon

 

I have no idea who the author is, but I think it's a clever work: as seen from a distance you can clearly see a duck with its head backwards

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UPDATE
The tile mural is a work by Pedrita (Rita João and Pedro Ferreira), design graduates from the Architecture Faculty of Lisbon’s Technical University.
(Thanks for the info, Mhas Perspectivas)

Bus Driver's Break

Restauradores Square, Lisbon

Roots

 

 Tropical Botanical Garden at Belém, Lisbon

Pulpit... With No Access

17th century church at Carcavelos

What were they thinking when they restored the building? :-)

Palace Of The Counts Of Calheta

Belém, Lisbon

This 17th century building houses the Museum of Tropical Research which you can not visit due to restoration works. Only a few rooms are open for exhibitions.

European Day Of Action Against Austerity

Photo taken on the September 15 huge protest in Lisbon

 

A large-scale mobilisation across Europe is taking place today to alert the European leaders that the time for a change in course has already come. The day will take various forms in more than 20 countries: from simultaneous strikes through demonstrations to open forums and political and media action.
In Portugal and Spain a 24 hour general strike is in progress, the first Iberian strike in History.

Feeding Frenzy

Morais Park at Parede

Palace Of Belém

Official residence of the President of the Portuguese Republic, Lisbon

 

Actually this place looks very different today because of security measures in order not to let the crowd of protesters get near the palace: German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the "Queen of Austerity", is having a meeting with the President.

Landeau Chocolate

"The best chocolate cake in town" (Time Out magazine)

LXFactory, Lisbon

 

In August I was invited to do a photo shooting for the 'taste' section of ItsyBitsy, a triannual kiddies magazine.

Click here, the magazine is now online and it's really cool.

 

Decay (LXXII)

 

Former post office building at Monte Estoril

Gare Do Oriente

 

Oriente train and subway station, Lisbon

Obelisk Pedestal

Lisbon Zoo

Tropical Botanical Garden

Belém, Lisbon

Crash

 

Alcântara, Lisbon

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Street lamp at Algés

Indonesian Divinity

Orient Museum, Lisbon

Simplicity

 

Church at the Cascais Citadel (Fort of Our Lady of Light)

CDP November Theme Day: 'The Water's Edge'

Carcavelos Beach is flat except when the wild ocean decides to reshape it

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