Afew Pix (No druggies, wankerz and wannabeez though}

[Davey Crockett]

Since there's little if any interesting bikie material (or in fact
anything at all) here's a little photo essay.

The town of Tomar in central Portugal, situated about 100
kilometres from Lisbon Airport and the Spanish border, is the
heart of the country and the soul of historic Portugal.

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The original medieval town, which was born inside the walls of the
castle which was built in 1160 by Gualdim Pais, the fourth master
of the order of the Temple, are set out in a grid pattern.

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The castle sits a top a hill dominating the skyline of Tomar and
is visible from just about every location in the town. The town is
steeped in history and there are visual references to it's Templar
past just about everywhere you wander. Templar crosses are
depicted in many of the marble cobbled paths and masons have left
their marks in appreciation on some of the historic buildings -
the original form of graffiti.

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Originally designed as a monument symbolizing the Reconquest, the
Convent of the Knights Templar of Tomar (transferred in 1344 to
the Knights of the Order of Christ) came to symbolize just the
opposite during the Manueline period – the opening up of Portugal
to other civilizations. The Convent do Cristo in Tomar was added
to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1983.


The castle of the Knights Templar of Tomar was built by Gualdim
Pais, provincial Master of the Order of the Temple, around
1160. Later in that century, the castle was chosen as the
headquarters of the order in Portugal.

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The Pegões Aquaduct was constructed between 1593 and 1613 by order of King Filipe I of Portugal (Filipe II of Spain).
The monumental structure, which has 180 arches, stretches over
six kilometres. Filipe Terzi began the work and Pedro Fernandes
Torres completed it.

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Davey Lurks way down south on the Algarve coast, but the above pix
are of an interesting area of Portugal.

[Anton Berlin]

Would you and Ewoud get better cameras?

[Davey Crockett]

Anton Berlin a écrit profondement:

| Would you and Ewoud get better cameras?
This cam is just a "point and shoot", my daughter has my real
camera as she thought it would be just right for taking pix of
archaeological sites over in Italy where, under the pretense of
"education", she conducts her annual Grave Robbing expeditions on
behalf of the University, so she "borrowed" it 5 years ago. Just
like she "borrowed" my car and the odd few thousand Roubles
occasionally.


Here's Davey's latest bike (before levelling saddle unfortunately)

It should be capable of enlargement to 3648x2756x24bit/ppx

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