Santarém... Quite a nice place to visit, if you ever drop by Portugal.
This is a statue of our first king, called "Dom Afonso Henriques", from way back in 1139.
A view over the River Tagus (we call it Tejo) (don't know why google photos doesn't detect the first image as being part of the panorama...)
Monastery of St. Francis.... Was built in the 1200's, for the Franciscans and, when the religious orders were abolished in the 1800's, was used as stables for the military. It's being recovered, but... it'll take some work.
The cloister looks nice, though:
Town market (what you guys may call a farmer's market - dedicated to veggies, fruit and fish, mostly)
This city has tons and tons of churches... some within the same street. Most are considered to be from the Gothic period... they even call Santarém the capital of the Gothic.
This is the main church:
A sneak peek at the inside marble and gold plated workmanship
Right next to this church, was a museum of religious art, where I found this curious piece... it's supposed to represent "the holy trinity"
Near Santarém, in Alpiarça, we can find this nice dam
Walking along the shore, the kids found a few bugs...
This fella stayed with us for some 15 minutes:
This one... nobody touch it!!
This is a statue of our first king, called "Dom Afonso Henriques", from way back in 1139.
A view over the River Tagus (we call it Tejo) (don't know why google photos doesn't detect the first image as being part of the panorama...)
Monastery of St. Francis.... Was built in the 1200's, for the Franciscans and, when the religious orders were abolished in the 1800's, was used as stables for the military. It's being recovered, but... it'll take some work.
The cloister looks nice, though:
Town market (what you guys may call a farmer's market - dedicated to veggies, fruit and fish, mostly)
This city has tons and tons of churches... some within the same street. Most are considered to be from the Gothic period... they even call Santarém the capital of the Gothic.
This is the main church:
A sneak peek at the inside marble and gold plated workmanship
Right next to this church, was a museum of religious art, where I found this curious piece... it's supposed to represent "the holy trinity"
Near Santarém, in Alpiarça, we can find this nice dam
Walking along the shore, the kids found a few bugs...
This fella stayed with us for some 15 minutes:
This one... nobody touch it!!