"Largo do Cauteleiro"

Cauteleiro de Lisboa
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Location: Lisboa

1 de Maio_Dia do Trabalhador / May 1 _ Worker's Day

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 Mestres Calceteiros 

   Master Portuguese Pavement Artist

Sidewalk Praça República, in Tomar

Praça da República, Tomar, Portugal

Tomar (Portuguese pronunciation: [tuˈmaɾ]), also known in English as Thomar, is a city of some 20,000 in Portugal. It is located in Tomar Municipality, that has a total area of 351.0 km² and a total population of 43,007 inhabitants.

The municipality is composed of 16 parishes, and is located in Santarém District.

The town of Tomar was born inside the walls of the Convento de Cristo, constructed under the orders of Gualdim de Pais, the fourth grand master of theKnights Templar in the late 12th century.

Tomar is one of Portugal's historical jewels and more significantly was the last Templar town to be commissioned for construction. Tomar was especially important in the 15th century when it was a centre of Portuguese overseas expansion under Henry the Navigator, the Grand Master of the Order of Christ, successor organization to the Templars in Portugal.

Text: http://pt.wikipedia.org
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Garden Luisa Tody Avenue on the Portuguese Pavement with fountains and dolphins represent the Sado Estuary in Setúbal

Av. Luisa Todi, Setubal, Portugal

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Portuguese Pavement in Machado dos Santos Square - Setúbal

Machado dos Santos Square, Setúbal, Portugal

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Sidewalk square in pattern of squares detail in black stone and pink stone

Praça Bocage, Setúbal, Portugal

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