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Rua de Serpa Pinto, Tomar, Portugal Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2

Nazaré, Portugal Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c

The Champalimaud Foundation, based in Lisbon, Portugal, was created at the bequest of the late Portuguese industrialist and entrepreneur, António de Sommer Champalimaud. At the end of 2004 it was officially incorporated as the Anna de Sommer Champalimaud and Dr. Carlos Montez Champalimaud Foundation, in honour of the benefactor’s parents. As stipulated by António Champalimaud prior to his death, Leonor Beleza, former Portuguese Minister of Health, is the Foundation’s President. http://www.fchampalimaud.org   Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c

Praça da República, Sousel, Alentejo, Portugal Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c

Rua António Augusto de Aguiar, Covilhã, Portugal Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c

Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c

Cabo da Roca  ( Cape Roca ) is a  cape  which forms the  westernmost extent  of mainland  Portugal  and continental  Europe  (and by definition the Eurasian land mass ). The cape is in the  Portuguese  municipality of  Sintra , west of the district of  Lisbon , forming the westernmost extent of the Serra de Sintra . Cabo da Roca was known to the  Romans  as  Promontorium Magnum [1]  and during the  Age of Sail  as the Rock of Lisbon. The 16th century Portuguese poet  Luís de Camões  described Cabo da Roca as the place "where the land ends and the sea begins" ( Portuguese : Onde a terra se acaba e o mar começa ). The cape is located within the  Sintra-Cascais Natural Park , 42 kilometres northwest of the urbanized area of  Lisbon  and 18 kilometres northwest of  Sintra . Its location ( 38°47′N   9°30′W ) is inscribed on a stone plaque, ...

Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c

Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c

Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c

Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c