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The Stone Horse Myth

Av. Coudelaria de Alter, Alter do Chão, Portugal        “Fram dæg, Alter do Chão behófede æt sé ríce of Portus Cale” said D. Afonso II, The Fat , The Crass , and The King of Portugal after another winning battle in the name of God. The event occurred on 1216.             When the Portuguese knights arrived, in a small hill, at the middle of the village, they found a stone horse. Everyone wanted to ride the stone horse but no one could. It didn’t see, it didn’t whinny, it didn’t move. The stone horse was motionless, rooted to the floor, made by unbreakable stone.             “Àngilde Heofonweard must béo unbræce!” said a D. Afonso II, The Fat , The Crass , and The King of Portugal.             The Portuguese knights blinded by the king words tried to demolish with their swords the s...

Sidewalks along the River Douro, Vila Nova de Gaia

Avenue Diogo Leite, Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c

You will always walk under a typical Portuguese symbol: the "Calçada Portuguesa"

At the São Filipe Nery Street you might see the small luxury hotel Infante Sagres, a symbol of the modernist architecture in Portugal. You might see the Lello & Irmão bookstore, one of the finest bookstore in the world. You might see the Oporto ex libris the Clérigos Tower. But at the São Filipe Nery Street you will always see and you will always walk under a typical Portuguese symbol: the "Calçada Portuguesa".  Rua de São Filipe de Nery, Oporto, Portugal   Rua das Carmelitas, Oporto, Portugal Text: Guilherme Marques Barbosa Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c

Calçada em granito, Rua do Cabido, Braga

Rua do Cabido, Braga Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c

Street in Nazareth cobbled stone pink

Nazaré beach, Portugal Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c

Street sidewalk near the garden in Estoril

Estoril, Portugal Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c

International Day for Monuments and Places 2012

 Basilica da Estrela, Lisboa  Igreja Sitio da Nazaré Câmara do Porto  Igreja Cabo Espichel Igreja de Tomar Igreja Misericórdia de Viseu Torre de Belém, Lisboa Padrão dos Descobrimentos, Lisboa Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, Lisboa Oslo, Noruega Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c

Side view of the Porto's Cathedral, the historic city center Invicta

Av. Dom Afonso Henriques, Porto, Portugal Fotos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c Mar/2012

Portuguese pavement in granite, Dom Paio Mendes street in Braga

Rua Dom Paio Mendes, Braga, Portugal Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c Mar/2012

Different types of settlement and sizes of stone, in the sidewalks in Covilha

Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c

Waves on portuguese pavement in Nazaré

Nazaré, Leiria, Portugal Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c

Pavements in Lagos with the original pattern of squares on sidewalk

Lagos, Algarve, Portugal photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c

Ride in sidewalks the edge Nabão river, city Tomar

Tomar, Portugal Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c Jan/2012

Letters drawn in Portuguese Pavement

Coimbra, Portugal Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c