Dimas Sequeira's photos

Art nouveau façades.

Art nouveau façades.

06 Mar 2015 15 20 524
At Luís de Camões Square, Figueira da Foz.
Façades.

Façades.

06 Mar 2015 1 3 486
At Luís de Camões Square, Figueira da Foz.
Mural.

Mural.

06 Mar 2015 8 1 418
On the northern riverside of Mondego, near its mouth on the Atlantic, at Figueira da Foz.
Mural.

Mural.

06 Mar 2015 7 1 435
On the northern riverside of Mondego, near its mouth on the Atlantic, at Figueira da Foz.
Mural on warping.

Mural on warping.

06 Mar 2015 14 15 385
At Académico Zagalo Street, Figueira da Foz.
Painting on concrete wall.

Painting on concrete wall.

06 Mar 2015 3 1 379
At the northern riverside of Mondego, near its mouth into the Atlantic, at Figueira da Foz. HFW!
Painting on container.

Painting on container.

06 Mar 2015 6 4 409
On the northern riverside of Mondego, near its mouth into the Atlantic, at Figueira da Foz. HFW!
Wall painting.

Wall painting.

06 Mar 2015 5 2 433
On the northern riverside of Mondego, near its mouth into the Atlantic, at Figueira da Foz. HFW!
Wall painting.

Wall painting.

06 Mar 2015 4 1 370
On the northern riverside of Mondego, near its mouth into the Atlantic, at Figueira da Foz. HFW!
Ruins of dominican convent.

Ruins of dominican convent.

25 Mar 2015 3 1 376
On top of Montejunto Sierra.
Chapel of Our Lady of Snow.

Chapel of Our Lady of Snow.

25 Mar 2015 7 3 445
On top of Montejunto Sierra.
Royal Ice Factory viewed from top of Montejunto Sierra.

Royal Ice Factory viewed from top of Montejunto Si…

25 Mar 2015 3 2 343
Difficult to take this shot and remain steady - strong unpredictable wind blows and 8ºC, some minutes before noon.
Reconstitution of ice wrapping in the Royal Ice Factory.

Reconstitution of ice wrapping in the Royal Ice Fa…

25 Mar 2015 4 3 394
This is how ice blocks were wrapped for transportation: downhill Montejunto Sierra, on donkeys, then on horse pulled carts, till the riverside, and then on sail boats, downstream to Lisbon.
Glimpse into ice silo, in the Royal Ice Factory.

Glimpse into ice silo, in the Royal Ice Factory.

25 Mar 2015 3 3 361
In Montejunto Sierra.
Royal Ice Factory - façade of building containing ice silos.

Royal Ice Factory - façade of building containing…

25 Mar 2015 4 3 460
Cracked slices of ice were carried from freezer tanks into silos inside this building, in Montejunto Sierra.
44 tanks to freeze water (1741-1782).

44 tanks to freeze water (1741-1782).

25 Mar 2015 3 4 339
These tanks with shallow water allowed it to freeze, for subsequent preparation and trading.
Filling tank of the Royal Ice Factory.

Filling tank of the Royal Ice Factory.

25 Mar 2015 3 1 359
It received water from a well, for subsequent distribution to the freezing tanks.
Closed well of Royal Ice Factory.

Closed well of Royal Ice Factory.

25 Mar 2015 3 1 324
A water-wheel took the water from this well to supply the filling tank, from where it was distributed to the freezing tanks.
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