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Showing posts with label Mountains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mountains. Show all posts

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Visit the Ceira River - Ceira (Coimbra)

The Ceira River rises in the Serra do Açôr at an altitude of 1118 meters and is 100 kilometers long.
It flows into the Mondego river at the entrance to Coimbra, then through the parish of Ceira.

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Visiting the Mondego River - Castelo Viegas (Coimbra)

The Mondego river, which flows into the parish of Castelo Viegas, is the fifth largest Portuguese river and the first of all that have its course entirely in Portugal. Born in the Serra da Estrela, it runs through the entire region of the Center (Beiras Region) and has its mouth in the Atlantic Ocean, next to the city of Figueira da Foz.

Saturday, November 23, 2019

Visiting the Mondego River - Almedina (Coimbra)

The Mondego River is the fifth largest Portuguese river and the first of all that have its course entirely in Portugal. Born in the Serra da Estrela, it runs throughout the Center region (Beiras Region) and has its mouth in the Atlantic Ocean, next to the city of Figueira da Foz. It is the river that bathes the city of Coimbra, being the most sung in poetry and Portuguese songbook.
In the municipality of Coimbra passes by several parishes among which Almedina

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Visit Cascade of Fraga da Pena - Benfeita

The Cascade of Fraga da Pena, located in Woods Margaça, Town of Benfeita, is a mountain waterfall. This cascade is a total height of more than seventy meters (the main gap of Fraga da Pena has 20 m).
This cascade must originate in a geological accident and is considered one of the largest gains among the natural resources of the protected landscape of the Serra do Goshawk. The waters that crashed this cascade run by a very tight mountain valley, thus giving rise to a micropaisagem, which emerges suddenly endowed with abundant vegetation cover the shale.

Friday, September 24, 2010

Visit Serra's Goshawk - Arganil

The Açor Mountain, located in the municipality of Arganil, constitutes together with the Star and Lousã, all the mountain chains that, practically, Portugal is divided in half. It is part of the ridge that crosses the Iberian plateau. It is protected landscape since 1982 (373 hectares) and was a rare enclave of natural vegetation and slope shales. Partly covered by pine forests, mountain, which lies within the municipality of Arganil, hiding details of rare beauty.
Represents a set of high landscape value, mainly due to two relics of the Forest and Maragaça Fraga da Pena. Scattered in the mountains are many villages lost in time, often located in remote and difficult access.
Mata Margaraça is an example of such natural beauty and is one of the rare specimens of natural vegetation on steep schist from the center of the country. Species like chestnut, CARVALHEIRO, and some laurel cherry laurel and pastries, make up the flora of this protected landscape area. Among the fauna may highlight-Striped salamander and lizard-of-water. The steep valleys that hide water lines that run down towards the Ceira and Alva, are prone to falls. Accordingly, we highlight the great waterfall of Fraga da Penha.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Visit the Sierra casarotas Yellow - Cibões

The Casarotas located at the top of Yellow Mountain, in the Cha Salgueiral, Town of Cibões are about two dozen buildings in stone.
These constructions are reminiscent of the robust dolmens and even old huts of shepherds. However, the construction and use may be associated with the defense of the frontier of human Portela, serving to support the troops. Some of these inscriptions have Casarotas places the current parish, including Cleaver and Gilbarbedo.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Visit the Yellow Mountain - Land Bouro

The Yellow mountain has an extensive territory that covers the area of Land Bouro, and part of the municipality of Ponte da Barca. This is a rugged mountain, as its name suggests - Yellow - whose etymological root means bitter, hard.
The porters that blend the harsh landscape are trademarks of the pastors at the custody of the animals in the mountains. Today, they serve as signaling marks to indicate the right of the footpath, which provides a glimpse local landscape.
The massif is Gerês him front and mountainous landscape of this area there are interesting archaeological remains.