Portugal2

(Cont)

11/28/2023 Obidos, Nazare (surfing), Fatima

(see Portugal3)
11/29/2023 Tomar (Templars), Coimbra (university), Porto
11/30/2023 Porto – Clerigos Tower
12/1/2023 Aveiro canals

11/28/2023 Obidos, Nazare (surf), Fatima

Obidos was a center of government and meeting place for those involved in the 1974 Carnation Revolution, linking it to the armed forces movement revolt. Portugal through the revolt became a Democracy rather than a Dictatorship!
Wine tasting
Walled city - church is now a book store.
Eileen went up on the wall!
Chimney
Aquiduct built to serve the city.

Nazare

It looks innocuous right now (see the fort and lighthouse on the point), but...........
100 foot waves crash here periodically! (not my photo)
One amazing beach town! To the right (beside me taking this photo) is the location where 100 foot waves occur.
Traditional women of Nazare, the seven skirts that they wear.
Sculpture of Mary and child "carved by Jesus himself".

FATIMA

The civil parish has been permanently associated with Our Lady of Fátima, a series of 1917 Marian apparitions that were purportedly witnessed by three local shepherd children at the Cova da Iria. The Catholic Church later recognized these events as “worthy of belief”. A small chapel was built at the site of the apparition in 1919, and a statue of Mary installed. The chapel and statue have since been enclosed within the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima, a shrine complex containing two minor basilicas. Associated facilities for pilgrims, including a hotel and medical centre, have also been built over the decades within and around the Sanctuary. The city has become an important international destination for religious tourists, receiving between 6 and 8 million pilgrims yearly.

Fatima complex (not my photo, it was night when we got here).