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Posted: 01 May 2020

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Guimaraes

Guimaraes

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 Annemarie
Annemarie club
!

wish you a healthy safe weekend:)
4 years ago.
Brian Smith club has replied to Annemarie club
Thank you
4 years ago.
 Denis Croissant
Denis Croissant club
Interesting architectural trio, wondered what the sign was...here was born Portugal, according to google translate?
4 years ago.
 Brian Smith
Brian Smith club
You are spot on Denis,Thanks
4 years ago. Edited 4 years ago.
 Dimas Sequeira
Dimas Sequeira club
Guimarães was the capital of Portucalensis County, which would become independent in 1140 (from the Kingdom of Leon, which recognized that status in 1143). The first king Afonso Henriques (Alphonse I), who lived his childhood and adolescence in this castle, achieved that independence, turning the Portucalensis County into the Kingdom of Portugal.
This photo shows the short sentence on the tower that keeps alive the memory of that transition.
4 years ago. Edited 4 years ago.

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