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Showing posts with label St. John of Lampas. Show all posts
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Sunday, April 10, 2011

Visit the Sundial of St. John of Lampas

Visit Magoito Beach - St. John of Lampas

Magoito Beach, located in the Parish of St. John of lamps, has an extensive beach.
The pedestrian access to the beach, is situated in the thick deposit of consolidated dune, located south of the promontory.
This consolidated dune, a site of high scientific interest and teaching in the field of geosciences, is one of the most important natural monuments of Sintra's district.

Visit the beach of Saint Julian - Saint John of Lampas

Playa de San Julian, located in the Parish of St. John of lamps, has an extensive beach of 250 meters, and is very popular among lovers of surfing and fishing, and these are mainly in the famous "stone Davide" which results in getting fish are high.

Visit Praia da Vigia - St. John of Lampas

Praia da Vigia, located in the Parish of St. John the lamps, there is difficult and steep escarpments. Not surveillance and not have any kind of support equipment. The beach stretches over 2 km and at low tide is connected with the beach of San Julian. It is known as a naturist beach.

Visit Praia da Samarra - St. John of Lampas

Praia da Samarra, located in the Parish of St. John the lamps, is of small extent, not exceeding 50 meters.
In its cliffs can find the stud-Roman (Armeria pseudoarmeria), wild plant, which is unique to this region, developing a very large, but very restricted geographically, which highlights the importance of these cliffs.

Visit Praia da Aguda - St. John of Lampas

Praia da Aguda, located in the Parish of St. John of lamps, has a sandy beach about 500 meters, which was reached by a staircase of difficult access.
You can do a walk by the cliffs and indulge in the wonderful views.

Visit the Roman Bridge of Catribana - St. John of Lampas

The Roman Bridge Catribana on the Ribeira da Samarra lies in the parish of St. John the lamps.
This structure was part of an access to a main road or be a secondary route that linked two important Roman villas.
The bridge consists of a single arch and parapet, and has undergone several restorations and some change over the centuries.
On the south side of the bridge is still visible a stretch of Roman road into the structure, with about 50 meters in length, known as "Way of the Castle. "

Visit the Archaeological Museum of San Miguel de Odrinhas - St. John of Lampas

The Archaeological Museum of San Miguel de Odrinhas probably had its origin in the mid-sixteenth century. At that time people began to gather around the shrine site, an important collection of Roman inscriptions coming from the camps and surrounding villages. In 1955 and after several centuries of neglect there was built a small home that housed the monuments, still carrying the excavation and recovery of cultural tourism and the adjacent Roman ruins.
Today the lapidary collection reaches over four hundred pieces, which are in addition to many others -many thousands - of different typology, including coins, ceramic, lithic, metal, animal bone, etc. ..

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Visit Windmill of St John of Lampas

Visit Assafora Pond - St. John of Lampas

Visit the Church of St. John the Baptist - St. John of Lampas

Visit Source Scout - St. John of Lampas

The Source of the Scout, is located in the Village of Assafora, belongs to the Parish of St. John the lamps.

Visit the Fountain of Catribana - St. John of Lampas

Visit the Cascade Magoito - St. John of Lampas

Visit the Chapel of Assafora - St. John of Lampas