J. Gafarot's photos

MASMO - Museu Arqueológico de São Miguel de Odrinhas. The Westernmost Sanctuary of the Roman Empire», where the main finds from the Alto da Vigia Archaeological Site are located – including the altars dedicated to the Sun, the Moon and the Ocean –, you will have the opportunity to discover a sacred place that dates back to to the heyday of the Empire.

S.Miguel de Odrinhas. 2000 years later, one Church remains remains in the village.

According to the estate exhumed here, already in the 16th century. I a. C. there must have been a population center in São Miguel de Odrinhas that certainly gave rise to the villa, whose first period of apogee apparently occurred around the 1st century and the beginning of the 2nd. Also noteworthy is the collection of a large Roman capital, of Syrian influence, of late chronology, integrated into the apparatus of an auxiliary wall supporting the church's belfry, built independently of the church.

Only for two. The straight line belongs to men, the curved one to God. - Antoni Gaudi

Simple, clear and good. As Time goes by. Memories. Blue.

Classic Setubal "delicatesse". HFF to all my Friends and Visitors. Glad to see you enjoy the Sun.

The Temple of St. Maria is dedicated to the cult of N. Sra. da Conceição do Castelo.

Last wall between us and them.

Husband is not happy... After elephants and rhinos, the hippopotamus is the next largest land mammal. It is also the largest extant land artiodactyl. Despite their physical resemblance to pigs and other terrestrial even-toed ungulates, the closest living relatives of the hippopotamids are cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises, etc.), from which they diverged about 55 million years ago. Hippos are recognisable for their barrel-shaped torsos, wide-opening mouths with large canine tusks, nearly hairless bodies, pillar-like legs, and large size: adults average 1,500 kg (3,300 lb) for bulls (males) and 1,300 kg (2,900 lb) for cows (females). Despite its stocky shape and short legs, it is capable of running 30 km/h (19 mph) over short distances. Kodachrome scanned (2011) dia of 1965.

HBM and sunny warm new week to you.

Warm Sun.

Happy Day to all my dear Friends and Visitors. The sun is welcome.

Nossa Senhora do Cabo. The Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora do Cabo Espichel, also known as Nossa Senhora da Pedra Mua, is one of the most impressive places in this region due to its location and its remarkable natural architectural complex. The cult dates back to 1410, the year in which the venerated image of Nossa Senhora do Cabo was discovered at the end of Cabo Espichel, by two old men from Caparica and Alcabideche, who in coincident dreams had been warned by Heaven. Until the beginning of the 18th century, the square around the primitive temple was surrounded by houses for the pilgrims who came there on pilgrimage to venerate her image.

Sesimbra View from the Castle.

Baptismal font, Igreja do Castelo. The seashell, especially the scallop, is the symbol of baptism in Christianity. Saint Ambrose wrote that fonts and baptisteries were octagonal "because on the eighth day, by rising, Christ loosens the bondage of death and receives the dead from their graves. The symbols of baptism are : Water. Water is the primary symbol of baptism ; Oil. Oil is also a symbol of baptism, and two kinds are used. ... Baptismal garment. The baptismal garment is a white garment either worn from the beginning of the ritual or given after pouring or immersion. ... Candle. ... Dove. ... Flame. ... Baptismal font. ... Seashell.

Porto de Abrigo. Sesimbra.

Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.. - Ernest Hemingway . The Old Man and the Sea.

The eastern section of the wall around Óbidos constitutes the nucleus of the wider wall that surrounds the castle and the town. Access is via four doors and two shutters, the most notable being the Porta da Vila or Porta de Nossa Senhora da Piedade, surmounted by an inscription, placed there by King D.João IV (1640-1656), which reads: The Virgin Our Lady was conceived without original sin. Inside there is a chapel with a balcony, covered in tiles from the 18th century.