MAFRA - Portugal

 

Thanks to Tiago , sent 17/09/2022

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Pena Palace Sintra -PORTUGAL

 

The Palace of La Pena
    In Portugal, the magnificent Palacio de la Pena is one of the greatest examples of 19th century romanticism.

    Located on the Mount of La Pena, the Palace was built on the site of a former convent of monks of the Order of São Jerónimo. It is the figment of the imagination of D. Fernando Saxe Coburgo-Gotha, who married in 1936 with Queen D. Maria II. In love with Sintra, he had decided to become the owner of the convent and the land surrounding it in order to build the summer palace of the royal family.

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• Marble Figurines of Estremoz

Country:
    Portugal
Series:
    Alentejo-Algarve Self-Adhesive - Reprints 2019

Themes:
    Glass and Earthenware | Tourism
Issued on:
    2019-05-13

Aqueduto da Amoreira

 

Thanks to Tiago from Portugal the UNESCO WHS card.sent 25/11/2021

Aqueduct of Amoreira
    Dated 1498, the construction of the aqueduct began under the line of Francisco de Arruda, architect who also worked in the Tower of Belém in Lisbon. The works were continued later by Afonso Álvares, Diogo Marques and Pero Vaz Pereira, and concluded in 1622.

    On a length of almost 8 km, the main portal is split by four floors of arcades supported by buttresses, it represents one of the ex-libris of Elvas. It underwent important works of conservation in the XIX century.

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Lisboa

The wonderful card sent by my friend Simona from ROMANIA.Many Thanks 

Lisbon is one of the oldest European cities and was founded by the Phoenicians under the name of Olissipo and was conquered soon after by the Greeks and Carthaginians. Eventually, Lisbon became the capital of Roman Lusitania.  After the fall of the Roman Empire, the city became part of the Suevi Kingdom of Galicia until 585.

Lisbon, Arab-Berber Muslim city

In 714, Lisbon became Muslim. The city passed under the domination of the Umayyads of Damascus and then the Berber Almoravids, whose capital was Marrakech. To know more about the political evolution of the Islamic empire.

A part of the inhabitants converted to Islam, which removed them from the tax without opening them any possibilities of social evolution. Non-Muslims, Christians and Jews were subjected to a tax.

The city regained its splendor and by 900 was one of the most populous cities in Europe along with Constantinople, Salonika, Seville and Cordoba with a population of about 100,000.

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UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
Country:
    Romania
Series:
    UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
Themes:
    UNESCO
Issued on:
    2014-08-07