- Lisbon Campo Grande
Campo Grande and Entrecampos in Lisbon. View from the hotel. - Dom Carlos I
Cascais was the favourite place of the king Dom Carlos I. The statue is from 2008 and only the names of politicians are given on the plaque, the artist is not mentioned. - Cascais
Not quite sure what to think of this place. Diverse or messy? Eclectic or mismatched? This certainly was a wonderful place. Now - not so much. - Cascais
What a lovely Bougainvilleated corner of a house in Cascais. - Cabo da Roca
The lighthouse began operating in 1772. - Carpobrotus edulis
The whole Cabo is covered with carpobrotus. This one is yellow. - Cabo da Roca
The westernmost point of mainland Europe. - Convento dos Capuchos
It's so humid even in the middle of the summer, no wonder everything is so lush green! - Convento dos Capuchos
The convent is built around/between boulders, so the interior is very intriguing. - Convento dos Capuchos
The kitchen and the Chapter House. - Convento dos Capuchos
Super-tiny doors left and right from the corridor lead to super-tiny rooms. - Convento dos Capuchos
The magical monastery is even more mysterious in fog. This is the central cloister with a fountain. - Convento dos Capuchos
The Door of Death is the entrance to the monastery. - Convento dos Capuchos
This wonderful convent was founded in 1560 and inhabited until 1834. - Hotel garden
Another misty morning in Sintra. In the middle of the summer. So refreshing. - Black sand
This is the blackest beach I've seen. And I've seen quite a few, which claim to be black... Not to mention that compass does not work on this beach. I mean... it works ... but the direction it points to is very locally determined. - Laghetto di Terranera
An artificial lake about 20m from the sea. It used to be a mine, hematite, magnesite and pyrite. The lake, however, is too sulphurous to swim. - View from Monte Arco (276 m)
View towards Porto Azzurro. - La Fontana Maggiore
Here we see: The Lion Guelph and the Griffin of Perugia; with a bit of December on the left and a bit of Grammar and Dialectic on the right. - La Fontana Maggiore
The fountain was built in 1275-1278. And it's still standing in the main square. Here we see: The she-wolf that fed Romulus, Remus and their mother Rea Silvia; Two of Aesop's fables (the fox and the crane and the wolf and the lamb); January (a gentleman and his wife at the hearth - Aquarius) - La Fontana Maggiore
Here we see: May (two Knights on Falconry - Gemini); June (the harvest and flailing - Cancer); July (the threshing and the division of wheat - Lion). - La Fontana Maggiore
The Original Sin and the expulsion from Eden. - View of Perugia
- Etruscan Arch
The loggia was added in the 16th century. - Etruscan Arch
One of the two remaining Etruscan gates: constructed in the 3rd century BC and restored by Augustus in 40. - Cathedral
The cathedral (1345-1490) was never really finished. - Palazzo dei Priori
Palazza dei Priori (1293-1443) - Cathedral
Perugia Cathedral and La Fontana Maggiore in the front. - Street sign
- Convent of San Domenico
Some old 14th and 15th century frescoes in the side chapels. - Convent of San Domenico
Baroque 17th century interior - Convent of San Domenico
A gothic window by Bartolomeo di Pietro and Mariotto di Nardo (1411). With 21 m one of the tallest gothic windows.