Lisbon Portugal

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Lisbon Portugal

Lisbon

Lisbon is the capital and largest city of Portugal.
Lisbon has many tourist attractions. Pombal downtown, Chiado and Bairro Alto, are areas where flooding thousands of tourists and visitors annually. Two European agencies have their headquarters in Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction and the European Maritime Safety Agency, both with a proposed new headquarters on the riverside. The Community of Portuguese Language Countries is also based in Lisbon.

1755 earthquake in Lisbon
The city was almost completely destroyed by 1 November 1755 by an earthquake, and rebuilt according to plans devised by the Marquis of Pombal (Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo), Minister of War and Foreign Affairs, come from the Lower Nobility, reacting swiftly to the ruins of the earthquake, have said that it was necessary to bury the dead, care for the living and rebuild the city. One idea that will develop below the level of the economy and society.
The central part of Lisbon's reconstruction will be designated by Pombaline. The grid adopted in the reconstruction plans lets you draw the squares Rossio and the Palace Square, the latter with a beautiful arch and open to the river.

Climate
Lisbon is one of the milder capital of Europe with a temperate climate (Csa according to Köppen climate classification) strongly influenced by the Gulf Stream. Spring is cool to warm (8 ° C to 26 ° C) with sun and some showers. Summer is usually hot anddry and temperatures between 16 ° C to 35 ° C. Autumn is mild andunstable, with temperatures between 12 ° C and 27 ° C and the winters are typically rainy and cool, also with some sun (temperatures between 3 ° C and 17 ° C). The lowest temperaturerecorded was -2.2 ° C and the highest was 43 ° C. Thetemperature of sea water varies between 15 ° C and 16 ° C in February and from 20 ° C and 21 ° C in August and September, and the average annual temperature is 17.5 ° C. On summer afternoons the wind tends to blow moderate (sometimes strong) northwest.

Viana Harbour

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The Harbour in Viana do Castelo, Portugal.

Little photographer

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Pedro Moreira, the photographer.

Little villa

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Little villa, in Viana Portugal

Viana

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Viana. Riverside

Santa Luzia

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Santa Luzia, cathedral. Viana, Alto-minho, Portugal

Hdr software. My new toy!

Sunset

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Sunset in Viana. Another good picture from mi wonder boy

Autumn

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Picture taken for 11 years old kid name Pedro in Viana, Portugal. Amazing

My dad says HDR is kitsch, but I think is Cool

Spain

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Lets go to Spain? No way.

Cerveira Portugal

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Old ferry boat in Minho river Cerveira Portugal. Now a bar.

Same picture Hdr version

Boats Cerveira

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Boats in the Minho River, Cerveira - Alto Minho, Portugal

Minho and Portugal pictures

Lisbon Portugal

Viana Harbour

Little photographer

Little villa

Viana

Santa Luzia

Sunset

Autumn

Spain

Cerveira Portugal

Boats Cerveira