Monte Gordo, End of day
Erodium botrys, Geraniaceae, Penedos
Forestiera pubescens, Oleaceae, Penedos
Forestiera pubescens, Oleaceae, Penedos
Isto é quem sou...
Typha latifolia, Odeleite
Typha latifolia, Odeleite
Marvão, HWW
Marvão, Doors, condemned and functional
Mont Blanc
Marvão, Cisterna
Marvão
Ronda, Andalucia, HFF
Ponte romana de Vila Ruiva
Ponte romana de Vila Ruiva
Ponte romana de Vila Ruiva
Marvão, Prison
Marvão, Prison
Marvão, Igreja de Santa Maria, Museu
The sound of silence
Marvão, Castle, HBM
Marvão, Castle
Marvão, after sunset
Marvão, Escapist ?
Marvão, HBM
Chamaemelum fuscatum, More rain needed !!!
Weed...
Marvão, Flor de Santiago
Marvão, Ramparts, looking Norwest
Marvão, Ramparts, another view
Marvão, Capela do Calvário, HFF
Tavira, Ordem Terceira de S. Francisco
Tavira, Ordem Terceira de S. Francisco
Tavira, Ordem Terceira de S. Francisco
Marvão, Ramparts in the day light
Marvão, Ramparts
Marvão, HWW
Orchis morio, erva-do-salepo, fatua, testículo-de-…
Gynandriris sysirinchium, Pé de burro
Gynandriris sysirinchium, Pé de burro
Marvão, HBM
Sonchus asper, Serralha-de-espinho, Asteraceae, Ma…
Marvão
Marvão
Marvão, view from the hotel's restaurant
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Marvão


Marvão (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐɾˈvɐ̃w] (audio speaker iconlisten)) is a municipality in Portalegre District in Portugal. The population in 2020 was 2,972 (and dropping at a rate of around one inhabitant per week), in an area of 154.90 km2. The present Mayor is Luís Vitorino, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is September 8.
Perched on a quartzite crag of the Serra de São Mamede, Marvão's name is derived from an 8th-century Muwallad rebel, named Ibn Marwan. Ibn Marwan, who constructed the Castle of Marvão - likely on the site of an earlier Roman watchtower - as a power base when establishing an independent statelet ("emirate", duchy) - covering much of modern-day Portugal - during the Emirate of Cordoba (884-931 CE). The castle and walled village were further fortified through the centuries, notably under Sancho II of Portugal (13th century) and Denis of Portugal.
The village has generated significant tourist interest in recent years. It was included in the #1 New York Times bestselling book, 1000 Places to see Before you Die. Nobel Prize-winning author José Saramago wrote of the village, "From Marvão one can see the entire land ... It is understandable that from this place, high up in the keep at Marvão Castle, visitors may respectfully murmur, 'How great is the world'."
In the 1950s, author Huldine V. Beamish wrote of Marvão, "There is an atmosphere about the district (of Marvão) that is very ancient. At times you have the same peculiar feelings as those evoked by Stonehenge and that amazing druid monument at Callernish in the Isle of Lewis. Picking your way along the steep stony pathways, you would not be at all surprised to meet a Phoenician trader or Roman Soldier. It would be the most natural thing in the world."
More info in : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvão
Perched on a quartzite crag of the Serra de São Mamede, Marvão's name is derived from an 8th-century Muwallad rebel, named Ibn Marwan. Ibn Marwan, who constructed the Castle of Marvão - likely on the site of an earlier Roman watchtower - as a power base when establishing an independent statelet ("emirate", duchy) - covering much of modern-day Portugal - during the Emirate of Cordoba (884-931 CE). The castle and walled village were further fortified through the centuries, notably under Sancho II of Portugal (13th century) and Denis of Portugal.
The village has generated significant tourist interest in recent years. It was included in the #1 New York Times bestselling book, 1000 Places to see Before you Die. Nobel Prize-winning author José Saramago wrote of the village, "From Marvão one can see the entire land ... It is understandable that from this place, high up in the keep at Marvão Castle, visitors may respectfully murmur, 'How great is the world'."
In the 1950s, author Huldine V. Beamish wrote of Marvão, "There is an atmosphere about the district (of Marvão) that is very ancient. At times you have the same peculiar feelings as those evoked by Stonehenge and that amazing druid monument at Callernish in the Isle of Lewis. Picking your way along the steep stony pathways, you would not be at all surprised to meet a Phoenician trader or Roman Soldier. It would be the most natural thing in the world."
More info in : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvão
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Having looked into the wiki page I can see that this is in fact a beautiful place!
Good notes too and thank you also for the Wiki link, I read all the history notes there (quite extensive) and it helped me fill in some details, I am reasonably familiar with the medieval history of Spain but not of Portugal so that helped me fill in some gaps. For example I had never heard of King Denis (Dinis) before now!
An interesting history in your narrative too.
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