J. Gafarot's photos with the keyword: Peninha

Cabo Raso Happy and serene HFF to all my Friends and Visitors,

Looking South, again that dream . . .

Stone Wall.

Stone Monday. We will try again to have peace. Let us never stop doing it again and again.

“Only one more indispensable massacre of Capitalists or Communists or Fascists or Christians or Heretics, and there we are—there we are in the Golden Future.” ― Aldous Huxley

It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs. - Vaclav Havel

Man is what he believes. - Anton Chekhov

Good Sunday.

Everything changes, even stone. - Claude Monet

Home.

The Cabo da Roca Lighthouse (Portuguese: Farol de Cabo da Roca) is a beacon/lighthouse located 165 metres (541 ft) above the Atlantic Ocean, on Portugal's (and continental Europe's) most westerly extent (Cabo da Roca). It is located in the civil parish of Colares, in the municipality of Sintra, situated on a promontory that juts out into the ocean, made up of granite boulders and interspersed limestone. It is a third-order lighthouse, which originally began operating in 1772. It was the first new purpose-built lighthouse to be constructed in the country: the older lighthouses in existence at that time, were constructed on existing platforms or from pre-existing beacons. From here, it is 3680 meters away.

Thank you for your presence. Happy to see and read you here for such a good and long years.

Up high, at 488 meters of altitude, the Sanctuary of Peninha enchants with its unshakable magic and mystique. Built out of popular devotion, the Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Penha (Peninha) follows an alleged apparition of Our Lady to a poor shepherdess. This architectural complex also comprises the secular chapel of São Saturnino and an enigmatic romantic-revival mansion built in 1918 by António Augusto Carvalho Monteiro (owner of Quinta da Regaleira). Place of worship since ancient times and heir to a long magic-religious tradition, it is shrouded in legends that have crossed generations of pilgrims.

Guincho and Cabo Raso seen from Peninha on a December day but less than one hour later !

Guincho and Cabo Raso seen from Peninha on a December day.