Alentejo Collection (#12)

Portugal, Alentejo, Monsaraz, overview at dusk

Portugal, Alentejo, Monsaraz, Woman and girl walking down cobbled street (MR)

Portugal, Alentejo, Marvao, Medieval village at dusk

The medieval and historic village of Monsaraz at twilight. Alentejo, Portugal

Tree lined road, Marvao, Portugal

Europe, Iberia, Portugal, The Alentejo, view of the fortified medieval hilltop town of Castelo de Vide topped by a castle and famous for its Jewish Quarter (Judiaria) and restored synagogue

Medieval quarter, Castelo de Vide village, Alentejo, Portugal

Praca do Giraldo and Ingreja Santo Antao
Prac a do Giraldo and Ingreja Santo Antao, Evora (UNESCO World Heritage), Alentejo, Portugal Pra a do Giraldo and Ingreja Santo Antao, Evora (UNESCO World Heritage), Alentejo, Portugal

Old Town of Evora (UNESCO World Heritage), Alentejo, Portugal

Portugal, Alentejo, Moura. View across the rooftops. The Arab influence is still visible at this peaceful town, surrounded by oaks and olive trees

Portugal, Alentejo. White marble quarry near Estremos. The marble produced here is among the best in the world and much of it is exported to Italy

A young tourist takes a path up to the castle in the marble town of Vila Vicosa in the Alentejo region of Portugal. The castle was built by Dom Dinis at the end of the 13th century

Portugal, Alentejo, Vila Vicosa. The main street in the small town of Vila Vicosa in the Alentejo region of Portugal. It is overlooked by the castle built by King Dom Dinis at the end of the 13th

Portugal, Alentejo, Estremoz. Three elderly Portuguese ladies (Ana Carvallal, Marianna Bailao and Catarina Amaro) near the town of Estremoz in the Alentejo region of Portugal

Block of cork showing how corks for bottles are drilled straight from the processed bark

Pork and clams is a typical dish of the Alentejo

A young cork tree in a field of wild flowers. Trees can be commercially stripped of their bark every 8-9 years

Statue of Vasco da Gama in his birthplace of Sines. He was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea in the 15th century. Sines, Portugal

Armeria pungens blossom. Cape Sardao, Sudoeste Alentejano and Costa Vicentina Nature Park, the wildest atlantic coast in Europe. Portugal

Troia lagoon. Sado River Nature Reserve, Portugal

The plains around Monsaraz. Alentejo, Portugal

The coastline of Sudoeste Alentejano and Costa Vicentina Nature Park, Portugal

Stork in the spring. Sudoeste Alentejano and Costa Vicentina Nature Park, in the south of Portugal, is the only place in the world where white storks live in nests over the Ocean

Portugal, Alentejo, Monsaraz. The town came to prominence when it was captured from the Moors in 1167. Monsaraz has been inhabited since prehistoric times as the Celts, Romans

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