Our Lady of Fátima Nossa Senhora de Fátima, is a title referring to the Virgin Mary, based on apparitionsreported to be experienced by three shepherd children at Fátima. The three children were Lúcia Santos and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto. The apparition is also referred to as Our Lady of the Rosary (a term first used in 1208 for the reputed apparition in […]
The Castle of Porto de Mos, also referred to as Castle D. Fuas Roupinho, located in the parish of St. Peter, in the village of Praia da Luz, in Leiria, Portugal. Erected on a hill, in a dominant position on the village, its name is connected to the D. Fuas Roupinho, immortalized in the verses […]
The Roman Road to Sierra Alqueidão is located in the parish of Alqueidão of Serra and was created to facilitate the sale of iron mined in Vieiros in Figueirinha and Zambujal, and leads to Tomar, the Bouceiros. On site remains today the route of the Roman road of Carreirancha. This was the path that led […]
Square-strong Peniche is located in the city of the same name, in the district of Leiria, Portugal. It is a fortress located on the southern slopes, above the cliffs, between the fishing port in the east, and the Cave of Furninha west. It is assumed that the origin of the place name derives from Peniche […]
Bordallo Pinheiro Factory of Artistic Earthenware was founded in 1884 in Caldas da Rainha, originally under the name “Fábrica de Faianças das Caldas da Rainha” (The Earthenware Factory of Caldas da Rainha). Bordallo Pinheiro Factory of Artistic Earthenware has been, for over a century, responsible for the design of a gallery of utilitarian and […]
Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro (21 March 1846 – 23 January 1905) was a Portuguese artist known for his illustration, caricatures, sculpture and ceramics designs, and is considered the first Portuguese comics creator. He was a disciple of his father, the painter Manuel Maria Bordalo Pinheiro. His mother was D. Maria Augusta do Ó Carvalho Prostes and his brother the painterColumbano. He […]
Located at Avenida José Malhoa, with the Figueiroense Club – House of Culture, the “Cocoon” was the residence that the Grand Master had built after fixation in Figueiró Wine. This residence has a plant consists of two rectangular bodies, tees, and the North-oriented body primitive atelier of the painter, built in 1895. The other body […]
The Museu de José Malhoa (José Malhoa Museum), in Caldas da Rainha, is a regional Portuguese museum, that hosts the finest collection of the Portuguese naturalist painterJosé Malhoa. The museum building, the first purpose-built museum in Portugal, was constructed in 1940 and enlarged in 1950 and 1957.[1] The museum’s collection includespaintings, sculptures, medals, drawings and ceramics from the 19th and 20th centuries. The museum is located in […]
The Fort of Saint Michael the Archangel, also referred to as the Nazareth Morro do Forte or simply Forte da Nazaré, is located in the village, parish and county of Nazaré, Portugal. It stands in a dominant position on the beach of Nazaré, famous and traditional fishing spot, sanctuary and resort on the Portuguese coast. […]
Nazaré is a town and a municipality in subregion Oeste and Leiria District, in Portugal. It is one of the most popular seaside resorts in the Silver Coast, Costa de Prata, Portugal. The municipal holiday is September 8 with the Festas da Nazaré a religious and profane festival with processions, bullfights, fireworks, folk dancing and a fair. The town consists of three neighbourhoods: Praia (along the […]
