Tag: portugal
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Manuel Amado | An Extraordinary Ordinariness
Curated by Paula Rego and Catarina Alfaro- The Summer Was Just Like A House To Live In, Where Everything Is… Casa das Historías, Cascais Portugal One of the best things about Art and certain artists is their ability to interprete the ordinary and make it a little less so. The more successful ones do it…
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CHURCHES OF EUROPE | IGREJAS DE SAO ROQUE & SANTA MARIA DE BELEM
Reportedly housing one of, if not, the richest chapel in Europe, Igreja de Sao Roque is unassuming from the outside, in comparison to the other buildings around it, and the architecture of Portugal, the exterior of the church is plain and uninspiring. However, step inside and you are transported to another world. Another time. Another…
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SHORT STOPS | LISBON
When the world opens up again, we are going back to Lisbon because we are in need of something soothing to be charmed by and if there is one thing Lisbon has in spades, it’s charm. Here’s the short stop for a long weekend: STAY H10 DUQUE DE LOULE Av. Duque de Loulé 81-83, 1050-088…
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Lisbon- Charming Nostalgia
Lisbon is light, frivolous and… happy. In the summer, it is intoxicating, in the winter I would imagine serendipitous. It’s a happening spot, fun and flirty yet encapsulated by the charm of its history. For a city built on seven hills it is as theatrical as it is modern yet the history is not lost…