Sunday, December 18, 2011

PT RR - Group 61 * I wish

Another day, another update. Like in the previous post, these are cards from the RR in the forum's portuguese community. Two of the card are from Lisbon, Portugal, sent by Rita and Gracinha and the 3rd is from Londrina in Brazil, sent by Karina.

Photo by Gustav A. Wittich

The Carmo Convent is an historical building in Lisbon, Portugal. The mediaeval convent was ruined in the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake, and the ruins of its Gothic church (the Carmo Church or Igreja do Carmo) are the main trace of the great earthquake still visible in the city.

The Carmo Convent is located in the Chiado neighbourhood, on a hill overlooking the Rossio square and facing the Lisbon Castle hill. It is located in front of a quiet square (Carmo Square), very close to the Santa Justa Lift.

Nowadays the ruined Carmo Church is used as an archaeological museum (the Museu Arqueológico do Carmo or Carmo Archaeological Museum). - in: wikipedia

"Catimar"


The Estrela Basilica is a basilica in Lisbon, Portugal, built by order of Queen Mary I of Portugal, as a fulfilled promise for giving birth to a son (José, Prince of Brazil). Construction started in 1779 and the basilica was finished in 1790, after the death of José caused by smallpox in 1788. - in: wikipedia

Photo by Daniel Martinon
Londrina is a city located in the northern region of the state of Paraná, Brazil.
This is Londrina's Metropolitan Cathedral.

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