J. Gafarot's photos with the keyword: Penha Garcia

From a Lusitanian hillfort, in which the Penha Garcia mountain range is abundant, the current village is more than 1000 years old.

From a Lusitanian hillfort, in which the Penha Garcia mountain range is abundant, the current village must have resulted. The rock, overlooking it, must have been fortified since the remotest antiquity. Its lofty castle must have been built by D. Sancho I, who had the clear political intuition to fortify Beira for the defense of the center of the country, against the secular enemies, the Leonese who were beyond the Erges and the Moor, who were beyond the Tagus. Penha Garcia received its charter from D. Afonso III, on October 31, 1256.

Again the Old Stones near Spain.

Penha Garcia.

Nature too works in many perverse ways. Not enough water behind that wall. How they survive there ? It is nothing new. It depends...

A study coordinated by the geologist at the Geopark Naturtejo reveals in detail the environmental conditions that existed in the Penha Garcia geomonument, almost 500 million years old and full of marks of marine life. “The layers of sedimentary rocks in Penha Garcia were formed during the opening of an ocean, in a period that was particularly important for the diversification of animal life on our planet”. The dynamics of the Earth during such a long period of time led to the formation of a large estuary in the vicinity of what is now Penha Garcia, originating in an important river that would bring sediments from the region that currently constitutes the Northeast Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.

Portuguese heraldry encompasses the modern and historic traditions of heraldry in Portugal and the Portuguese Empire. Portuguese heraldry is part of the larger Iberian tradition of heraldry, one of the major schools of heraldic tradition, and grants coats of arms to individuals (usually members of the Portuguese Royal Family or the Portuguese nobility), cities, Portuguese colonies, and other institutions. Heraldry has been practiced in Portugal at least since the 11th century, however it only became standardized and popularized in the 16th century, during the reign of King Manuel I of Portugal, who created the first heraldic ordinances in the country. Like in other Iberian heraldic traditions, the use of quartering and augmentations of honor is highly representative of Portuguese heraldry, but unlike in any other Iberian traditions, the use of heraldic crests is highly popular.

Looking East, Spain.

Clouds floating into my life, no longer carry rain or usher storm, but they add color to my sunset sky. Rabindranath Tagore

In these times we fight for ideas and newspapers are our fortress. Heinrich Heine

Another one almost dry . . . Die Talsperre Penha Garcia (portugiesisch Barragem de Penha Garcia) liegt in der Region Mitte Portugals im Distrikt Castelo Branco. Sie staut den Pônsul, einen rechten (nördlichen) Nebenfluss des Tejo zu einem Stausee (port. Albufeira da Barragem de Penha Garcia) auf. Die namensgebende Gemeinde Penha Garcia liegt ungefähr 200 m südlich der Talsperre.Mit dem Projekt zur Errichtung der Talsperre wurde im Jahre 1975 begonnen. Der Bau wurde 1979 fertiggestellt. Die Talsperre dient neben der Trinkwasserversorgung auch der Bewässerung. PIP please.