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Original designs and patterns in sidewalk

Praça do Império, Belém, Lisboa, Portugal Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c

Caravel sidewalk in "Jardim da Estrela"

Jardim da Estrela, Lisbon, Portugal Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c Nov/2011

"Jardim da Estrela" with portuguese pavements patterns white and black

Inaugurated in 1842, the Jardim da Estrela was commissioned by the Marquês de Tomar, who had the support of generous private donations, and planted by gardeners Bonard and João Francisco. Surrounded by railings, it has five entrances and includes a belvedere and a magnificent iron-wrougth brandstand mounted on a masonry basis, which was formerly set up in the Passeio Público de Lisboa, nowadays Avenida da Liberdade. Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c Nov/2011

Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Cape - Espichel Cape

The ensemble called the Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora da Pedra Mua , implanted in the extremity of the Cape Espichel, is undoubtedly the most important and characteristic of the municipality. There are precious in this aggregate of buildings , from the ancient chapel of the Church Memory seventeenth century , since the bodies of the rustic " host " to the aqueduct and the " Water House " , a unit of graphic values ​​that made ​​him forget the disparity of styles. The cult of Our Lady of the Cape is lost in the mists of time and it is conceivable that prior to his worship - from the fifteenth century - was the Cape Espichel pilgrimage center . The present culture dates back to around 1410 , the year that would have been discovered at the end of Cape Espichel the venerated image of Our Lady of the Cape , two old and Alcabideche da Caparica , which dreams would have been advised by coincident Before H...