Inês de Castro: Portugal’s Posthumous Queen
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 6, 2024
In European history, few love stories are as poignant and politically charged as that of Inês de Castro and King Pedro I of Portugal. Their ...
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The Portuguese Bank Note Scandal of 1925
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 23, 2023
Throughout the annals of history there have been individuals who have sought to deceive others by producing counterfeit versions of precious...
The Bat Libraries of Portugal
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 6, 2022
Bibliophiles aren’t the only ones that love hanging out in the library. Given the chance bats too would love to roost there and eat the bugs...
Hostile Façades
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 27, 2020
The old city of Segovia, about 90 km north of Madrid, is best known for its aqueduct , but this historic city is full of architectural curio...
Dürer's Rhinoceros: A 16th-Century Viral Fake
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 16, 2020
Five hundred years ago, Europe saw its first rhinoceros in more than a thousand years. The animal was fairly common during Roman times see...
Peter's Café Sport: The Post Office in The Middle of The Atlantic
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 1, 2020
The Azores in the North Atlantic is one of the most remote archipelago in the world. Situated about 1,500 km from the west coast of Portugal...
The Mahogany Ship: An Australian Maritime Mystery
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 20, 2019
One of Australia's most enduring maritime mysteries is a shipwreck known as the “Mahogany Ship”. It was first spotted in 1836 by a party...
The Filipino Hero Who Killed Ferdinand Magellan
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 26, 2019
Ferdinand Magellan is remembered in the west as the intrepid Portuguese explorer who led the first voyage to circumnavigate the globe, but f...
The Rocks That Give Birth
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 12, 2018
In the Freita mountain range in northern Portugal, close to a village called Castanheira, is a huge block of granite that periodically eject...
Vilarinho da Furna: A Drowned Roman Village
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 27, 2017
Vilarinho da Furna, in the municipality of Terras de Bouro in the Braga district, in northern Portugal, was an old village that was erased f...
Paiva Walkways in Arouca
Kaushik Patowary
May 3, 2016
The Pavia Walkways are an 8-km-long route of wooden walkways and staircases that cling to the mountain side along Paiva river in Arouca muni...
The Monster Waves at Nazare, Portugal
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 11, 2015
The pretty seaside town and resort of Nazaré on the west coast of Portugal remains crowded throughout the summer with tourists who flock to ...
The Santa Justa Elevator in Lisbon
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 20, 2015
The Santa Justa Elevator, Elevador de Santa Justa in Portuguese, is a historic outdoor elevator located in the civil parish of Santa Justa,...
Padrão dos Descobrimentos: The Discoveries Monument in Lisbon
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 10, 2014
The Portuguese were prolific explorers. Starting from the early 15th century, under the sponsorship of prince Henry the Navigator, several P...
An International Zip Line Between Spain And Portugal
Kaushik Patowary
May 12, 2014
At first glance, you will hardly notice that there is a steel cable connecting Sanlucar de Guadiana, in Andalucia, Spain, to Alcoutim, in Al...
The Islet of Vila Franca do Campo
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 1, 2014
Situated in the middle of the Atlantic, 1,369 km west of the European mainland, the Azores archipelago comprises of nine islands spread over...
Colorful Floating Umbrella Installation at Agueda, Portugal
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 31, 2012
A large number of colorful umbrellas hang above a street at Águeda, a municipality in Portugal, as a part of a public art installation. Asid...
Anchors Graveyard at Tavira Island of Algarve, Portugal
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 27, 2012
Tavira is a bustling fishing port on the Algarve in Portugal surrounded by rolling countryside consisting of orange, fig and almond trees. A...
Strange Airport #3: Madeira International, Portugal
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 19, 2011
Madeira International Airport, located near Funchal, Madeira in Portugal was first opened on July 1964 with two 1,600-meter (5,249 ft) runwa...
Monsanto–A Village Built Among Rocks
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 12, 2011
Southeast of Serra da Estrela in Portugal, perched on the side of a mountain, is a lonely and enchanting village of Monsanto. The village is...
