- Castelo dos Mouros
- Castelo dos Mouros
The 10th century castle was built by the Moors. - View of Sintra
View from the castle towards the town. And you can see the fog over the sea :-) - Chalet of the Countess of Edla
All the rooms are insanely beautiful, but this Dining room, with cork and wood, is probably my favourite. - Chalet of the Countess of Edla
The ceiling in the Grand Hallway. The whole chalet is very very colourful. - Chalet of the Countess of Edla
Ferdinand II built this for the opera singer Elise Friederike Hensler, later Countess of Edla. The chalet is alpine like - but dressed in cork. - Cruz Alta - High Cross
The High Cross is located at the highest point, at 528 m. The first cross was placed here around 1522 by João III. - Pena park
We decided to take a walk through the Pena gardens (and not visit the palace this time). - Quinta da Rigaleira
Heh, this lovely creature is quite literally biting its ass ;-) - Quinta da Rigaleira
Carvalho Monteiro bought the place in 1892 and built this with the Italian architect Luigi Manini. The construction began in 1904 and was completed by 1910. - An unnamed lake
The lake in front of the Gruta do Labirinto. - The unfinished initiation well
- The Initiation Well
- The Initiation Well
- African lily
Our hotel garden in the early morning mist. - Another sunset
Another lovely sunset. Taken from Capo di Stella, the sun sets behind Monte Fonza and Monte Tambone. - 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. - View from Pousterle towards SW
Close to Refuge de la Pousterle, view towards Tête de la Canonnière (3205 m), Tête de Soulaure - Pic Félix Neff (3232 m) and Pointes de Rougnoux (3160 m).