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PIP ABOVE Classificado como monumento nacional, o Castelo de Viana do Alentejo compreende um conjunto arquitetónico composto atualmente por três elementos distintos: recinto amuralhado, Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora da Anunciação e Igreja da Misericórdia. Com algumas fontes históricas a colocarem a génese desta estrutura no reinado de D. Dinis (1279-1325), como sendo do mesmo período da outorga do primeiro foral da vila alentejana (1313), investigações mais recentes parecem apontar para uma construção posterior. Com cinco torres cilíndricas e duas portas de acesso, abrigou na sua disposição os primitivos Paços do Concelho, o primeiro cemitério da vila e a primitiva Igreja Matriz, consagrada a Santa Maria de Foxem. +++++ Classified as a national monument, Viana do Alentejo Castle comprises an architectural complex currently made up of three distinct elements: the walled enclosure, the Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora da Anunciação and the Igreja da Misericórdia. With some historical sources placing the genesis of this structure in the reign of D. Dinis (1279-1325), as being from the same period as the granting of the first charter of the Alentejo town (1313), more recent research seems to point to a later construction. With five cylindrical towers and two access doors, it housed in its layout the primitive Town Hall, the first cemetery of the village and the primitive Mother Church, consecrated to Santa Maria de Foxem. Fonte: www.visitportugal.com/pt-pt/NR/exeres/913DA78D-627B-483A-9FBF-3808B76BC4D2

THIS WAS TAKEN IN JANUARY, NOW THE ALBIZZIAS ARE PROVIDING SHADE.

PIPs ABOVE A IGREJA E CONVENTO DE SÃO FRANCISCO DE TAVIRA, É UM IMÓVEL FUNDADO POR D. DINIS NOS FINAIS DO SÉC.XIII OU INÍCIOS DO XIV. TERÁ SIDO ERGUIDO SOBRE ANTIGAS CONSTRUÇÕES ISLÂMICAS, E OCUPADO POSTERIORMENTE PELOS FRANCISCANOS. DA ÉPOCA DA SUA FUNDAÇÃO E DOS SEUS PRIMEIROS FUNDADORES, NADA SE SABE COM CERTEZA, NADANDO OS CRONISTAS NUM MAR DE DÚVIDAS. É CERTO PORÉM, QUE TENDO SIDO CONQUISTADA TAVIRA EM 1242, E FICANDO O DOMÍNIO DO ALGARVE DE TODO NA POSSE DOS CRISTÃOS EM 1252, SÓ DEPOIS DESTAS DATAS PODERIA ALI SER FUNDADO QUALQUER CENÓBIO. ++++++ THE CHURCH AND CONVENT OF SÃO FRANCISCO DE TAVIRA WAS FOUNDED BY D. DINIS IN THE LATE 13TH OR EARLY 14TH CENTURY. IT WAS BUILT OVER ANCIENT ISLAMIC CONSTRUCTIONS AND LATER OCCUPIED BY THE FRANCISCANS. NOTHING IS KNOWN FOR SURE ABOUT THE TIME OF ITS FOUNDATION AND ITS FIRST FOUNDERS, AND THE CHRONICLERS SWIM IN A SEA OF DOUBTS. IT IS CERTAIN, HOWEVER, THAT SINCE TAVIRA WAS CONQUERED IN 1242, AND THE DOMAIN OF THE ALGARVE REMAINED ENTIRELY IN THE POSSESSION OF CHRISTIANS IN 1252, ONLY AFTER THESE DATES COULD ANY CENOBY BE FOUNDED THERE.

A UNIÃO FAZ A FORÇA QUERER É PODER ANO 1896

The Castle of Marvão is constituted by an imposing wall, where the typical and monumental picturesque village is enclosed, with a very old hull, and the castle itself, situated at the highest point of the rocky spur, in permanent vigilance over a bordering territory. D. Afonso Henriques is said to have taken the fortress from the Moors in 1166. Its excellent strategic position on the border defence line has earned it the attention of numerous monarchs, who have carried out major remodelling works, some of which can still be seen today. D. Sancho II granted it a charter in 1226 in order to keep this outpost populated and thus protected from the numerous attacks from Spain. But it was King Dinis who undertook the first major expansion and remodelling works. At that time - 1300 - the keep was built. Years later, during the War of Restoration, the castle was rebuilt in an architectural language which seems to have been not only of a military nature but also, we might say, aesthetic, evident in the volumetry developed at the time. Adjoining the Keep, a high interior wall still survives today, which surrounds the terreiro. This structure is still surrounded by a second line of walls, reinforced with turrets and battlements. The barbican is the beginning of an extensive defensive line that crowns the hill and surrounds and protects the town. IN PIP VIEW FROM THE OTHER SIDE

Marvão (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐɾˈvɐ̃w] (audio speaker iconlisten)) is a municipality in Portalegre District in Portugal. The population in 2020 was 2,972 (and dropping at a rate of around one inhabitant per week), in an area of 154.90 km2. The present Mayor is Luís Vitorino, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is September 8. Perched on a quartzite crag of the Serra de São Mamede, Marvão's name is derived from an 8th-century Muwallad rebel, named Ibn Marwan. Ibn Marwan, who constructed the Castle of Marvão - likely on the site of an earlier Roman watchtower - as a power base when establishing an independent statelet ("emirate", duchy) - covering much of modern-day Portugal - during the Emirate of Cordoba (884-931 CE). The castle and walled village were further fortified through the centuries, notably under Sancho II of Portugal (13th century) and Denis of Portugal. The village has generated significant tourist interest in recent years. It was included in the #1 New York Times bestselling book, 1000 Places to see Before you Die. Nobel Prize-winning author José Saramago wrote of the village, "From Marvão one can see the entire land ... It is understandable that from this place, high up in the keep at Marvão Castle, visitors may respectfully murmur, 'How great is the world'." In the 1950s, author Huldine V. Beamish wrote of Marvão, "There is an atmosphere about the district (of Marvão) that is very ancient. At times you have the same peculiar feelings as those evoked by Stonehenge and that amazing druid monument at Callernish in the Isle of Lewis. Picking your way along the steep stony pathways, you would not be at all surprised to meet a Phoenician trader or Roman Soldier. It would be the most natural thing in the world." More info in : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvão

I AM ON THE ROAD, NOT EASY TO COMMENT A LOT ON THE SMARTPHONE, WILL TRY TO. CATCH UP A BIT AT THE END OF THE DAY . ENJOY YOUR DAY BUDDIES, JUST WAITING AND HOPING FOR PEACE TOO.