Portugal (May 2018):
Porto (1/2)
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Old part of
the city overlooking the Douro river, seen from the
south extremity of the Dom Luis I bridge (partially visible on the right of the
first photo below). Porto sits on the north (right) bank of the river.
Similar views
from the left (south) shore of the Douro river.
View (toward
the west) over the two banks of the Douro from the Dom Luis I bridge. The
Atlantic ocean is about 5km away.
Left bank of
the Douro seen from the Jardim do Palacio de Cristal.
Rabelo boats by the north riverside of the Douro. In the
past these flat-bottomed boats were used to carry wine (as well as people and
other goods) along the river. Today they stand still as advertisements for
various brands of Port wine.
More rabelo boats below the Dom Luis I bridge.
Fishermen
under the Dom Luis I bridge.
Views toward
the east over the the Douro from the Dom Luis I
bridge.
Small
neighborhood and mural seen from the north extremity of the Dom Luis I bridge.
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In the streets
of Porto.
[The church of Santo Ildefonso is
visible in the above photo.]
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[The Clerigos
church and its bell tower are visible in the left and middle photos above.]
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Some of the
panels of azulejos (hand-painted ceramic tiles)
adorning the walls of the entrance vestibule of the Sao Bento railway station.
In total about 20,000 tiles decorate the vestibule.
[Panel of
blue tiles depicting the Battle of Valderez between
Alfonso VII of Leon and Afonso I of Portugal (1140).]
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[Conquest of Ceuta (1415) by Infante D.
Henrique against the Moors.] |
[Harvesting and loading on ox-drawn
carts.] |
[Festa in a village.] |
