Torreira
On Tuesday, November 7 I took the southwards road to go in the
Ria de Aveiro at the mouth of Rios de Vouga and Antuã; it is a vast
lagoonal plain whose access to the sea is interdict with the motor
homes, to circulate it does not have nothing there to see.
Admittedly I went there to see on foot, approximately 500 meters
after the dunes.
Torreira
On Wednesday morning around 10:00 I laid out
myself with raising the bivouac to install me in São Jacinto, 11 km
further away at the end of the end of the peninsula; great disappointment it had no
site there to station and the city was also quasi deserted in this
period of end of autumn. I returned on the carpark at Torreira. The day was partially
sunny with a temperature of 12°C.
The GPS road tacklog
from Torreira to Viseu
from 2017/11/09 au 2017/11/10
Aveiro
On Thursday, November 9th I visited Aveiro
which was formerly a seaport. But in 1575 a violent storm closed the
lagoon and the city silted up. It had to be waited until 1808 so
that a channel was open with the stones of the wall of the city. On
the quays some beautiful buildings of Art-nouveau
with in foreground of the very coloured boats, moliceiros. Three
monuments held my attention while walking on in the lanes. The
church of the Mercy with its gate of the 17th century and its
churchwarden's pew with its splash plate out of gilded wooden.
Further away I entered the cathedral vestige
of the convent of São Domingos built in 1423
whose interior is a patchwork of later styles. A Setting
in the tomb draws attention by the characters
in bust. Beside, Antigo Covento
de Jesus where withdrew itself in 1472 the
princess Jeanne, girl of the king Alphonse V, is transformed into
museum of sacred art with remarkable examples of Baroque art. I had
left my vehicle at the entrance of the city on a carpark reserved
for the motor home, but without convenience.
Aviero, click on the pic for opening the gallery
Viseu
The town of Viseu is re-elected by its school of painting of the
Renaissance of which the most beautiful specimens are exhibited by
Museu Grão Vasco. I stationed my vehicle on an immense carpark
in the downtown area at the bottom of the
hill surmounted by the cathedral, the church of the
Mercy and the museum Grão Vasco. The museum is rich in
sacred art objects as well as liturgical
objects. I concentrated on the rooms exposing primitive school of
Viseu at the 16th century.
Viseu, click on the pic for opening the gallery
On Saturday, November 11th I traversed the tour proposed by the Green
Guide in Serra de Lappa. While driving on I visited two villages,
Aguira de Beira and Sernancelhe, with ancient granite houses and
Roman churches of austere spirituality what is appropriate better for
my temperament like with my design of Christianity close to the
Protestantism by Luther that the heavy baroque style overloaded of gold.
In end of the afternoon I returned to bivouac on the carpark in Viseu.
The GPS road tacklog
from Viseu to Viseu
from 2017/11/11 au 2017/11/11
Serra de Lapa, click on the pic for opening the gallery
The GPS road tacklog
from Viseu to
Caramulinho
from 2017/11/1
2 au 2017/11/1
2
On Sunday, November 12th I went up to the top of Caramulinho, 1075 m
of altitude, but initially I stopped at the village of Caramulo to
visit Museu Abel de Lacerda which exhibits a collection of art made
up of tapestries and paintings of which of Picasso, Fernand Léger,
Dufy, Dali and Braque, with video monitoring, No-Photo. On the other
hand the collection of cars is photographable, there are ten
Ferrari of which the prestigious F40. Of course I admired the cars
former French as well as three Bugatti of which one 35 B. I
establish my bivouac at the bottom of Caramulinho at 1011 Mr.
Museu do Caramulo, click on the pic for opening the gallery
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