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Convent of Nossa Senhora da Assumpção, Museum in Faro

By tourist on April 30, 2015 Faro, Go, Know, Learn, Museums, See

The Convento de Nossa Senhora da Assumpção is a “remarkable” building in Faro where currently operates the Municipal Museum of Faro (formerly Municipal Archaeological Museum and Infante D. Henrique) and that includes various collections of paintings, sculpture, archeology and archaeological remains Roman and medieval. Located in the “old town” (Vila-Adentro), was built in 1519 in the […]

Guadiana River

By tourist on April 30, 2015 Know, See, Vila Real de Santo António

The Guadiana or Odiana river is a river of the Iberian Peninsula which rises to an altitude of about 1700m, the lagoons of Ruidera, in the Spanish province of Ciudad Real, in the Ojos del Guadiana reborn and flows into the Atlantic Ocean (more precisely in the Gulf of Cadiz) between the Portuguese town of […]