Miradouro da Senhora do Monte, billed as the highest viewpoint in Portugal’s capital city.  Located in the Graca neighborhood and next to the Chapel of Nossa Senhora do Monte (English: Our Lady of Mount), the area is also known as the “Viewpoint of
 The Benagil Sea Cave is a rock formation located along the limestone cliffs along the southernmost coast of Portugal.
 The Aqueduct of Pegões snakes some 3.7 miles through the countryside of Tomar in Portugal. The structure sports 180 arches, both rounded and pointed, and stands 100 feet at its highest point, where there are two tiers of arches. Filippo Terzi, the c
 A tram cruises along the streets of Lisbon. This was a shot I took during a photography walking tour of the city. Here, my instructor was trying to teach me how to create nighttime motion blur in my photos with my new Sonya74. Not ideal, but it’s a
 A wave of cobblestones flow across Rossio Square in Lisbon. The optical-illusion pattern was originally paved in this central locale of Portugal’s capital city during the 19th century.     In the Pombaline Downtown, Rossio Square is the locals’ name
 A picturesque scene from the Ribeira district on the banks of the Douro River in Porto, Portugal’s second most populous city.  The revitalized waterfront is a charming and bustling slice of the city’s central historic district, lined with shops, res
 Known for its canal system, Aveiro is billed as the “Venice of Portugal.” The city, the second most populous in the nation’s central region, is located near a lagoon on the Atlantic coast.    I snapped this photo at the central area of Aveiro that i
 The multicolored 19th century Pena Palace crowns a mountain peak overlooking Sintra, the lush countryside town some 15 miles northwest of Lisbon.    Portugal’s King Ferdinand II built the palace in the mid-1800s for his wife, Queen Maria II. The cas
 The white-washed homes of Albufeira, a coastal town in Algarve, the southernmost region of Portugal. With a history stretching back to ancient Rome, Albuferia was conquered by the Islamic Moors in the 8th century. Starting in the 13th century, Chris
 This pergola is atop a lofty structure and stairs in the beautiful Parque da Cidade (City’s Park) in Aveiro, Portugal. Also called the Infante Dom Pedro, this beautiful park features a duck pond with a pedestrian bridge and lush vegetation throughou
 The entrance hall to the São Bento railway station in Porto, Portugal, features a wedding cake ceiling and walls adorned with blue-and-white azulejo tiles painted with images of the nation from centuries past.  São Bento was built in the early 20th
 I captured this man gazing at the blue-and-white azulejo tiles, painted with scenes from Portugal’s history, in the entrance hall at the São Bento railway station in Porto, the nation’s second most populated city after Lisbon. Artist Jorge Colaço (1
 A photo I took of a tour boat docked in the parish of Pinhão in the Douro River Valley of northern Portugal, a region distinguished by vineyards terraced on hills and mountainsides.    Here, grapes are cultivated for port wines, of which there are m
 The Aqueduct of Pegões in Tomar, Portugal, originally connected natural springs from the neighboring village of Pegões to a fountain in the Main Cloister at the Convent of Christ.    When Spain ruled Portugal for 60 years, King Philip II (also King
 A highlight of my trip to Portugal was taking a catamaran tour of the limestone cliffs, caves and rock formations along the nation’s southernmost coast. The rocks were formed over an estimated 20 million years by the Atlantic’s waves crashing into t
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 A structure with lofty stairs and a pergola in the beautiful Parque da Cidade (City’s Park) in Aveiro, Portugal. The park is also known as the Infante Dom Pedro and has a duck pond with a pedestrian bridge and lush vegetation throughout. It is centr
 Umbrellas pepper the beach at Albufeira in the southern Algarve region of Portugal.    Albufeira is on the Atlantic Ocean and located about 160-miles by boat to the Strait of Gibraltar, the western mouth of the Mediterranean Sea.  (Photo: © Joseph K
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 A view of a geometrically sculpted garden outside the walls of Silves Castle in Portugal’s southern Algarve region.  The ancient Romans reportedly built the first fortification atop the hill where the castle is perched today.  When invading the regi
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 A slice of Portugal’s Algarve coast featuring shades of orange and yellow limestone cliffs crowned by umbrella-like stone pine trees.    (Words/Photo: © Joseph Kellard/kellardmedia.com)
 I can claim to have descended, not climbed, the 125 steps that make up the Monumental Stairs in Coimbra, Portugal. Construction to build the stairs reportedly started in 1942 and took 27 years to complete.    Students of neighboring Coimbra Universi
 A painting of old Lisbon on blue-and-white azulejo tiles at the Igreja de Santa Luzia church in Portugal’s capital city.
 When walking around Lisbon during a night photography walking tour, we came across a neighborhood where people were dining outside on many of the city’s cobblestone streets.  (Words/Photo: © Joseph Kellard/kellardmedia.com)
Monument to França Borges by Jardim França
Monument to França Borges by Jardim França
 Lisbon Botanical Garden
 Azulejo tile murals at São Bento railway station in Porto, Portugal.
 Title design at Municipal Square in Lisbon.
 The Rua Augusta Arch connects Lisbon’s Commerce Square, the official entrance to Portugal’s capital, to Rua Augusta, the city’s central tourist thoroughfare.    Portuguese architect Santos de Carvalho designed the triumphal arch, construction of whi
 Glory, the central figure, rewards Valor and Genius, an allegorical group that crowns the Rua Augusta Arch that neighbors Lisbon’s Commerce Square.     Glory hovers two crowns over the heads of each figure.     Backed by a trophy of flags, Valor, le
 A mural of Portugal’s main soccer stars on a building in Portimão, a city in the nation’s Algarve region.  The players depicted are Portimão-native João Moutinho, left, Bernardo Silva, Cristiano Ronaldo and William Carvalho.  Artist João Samina crea
 A look out onto Alfama, one of Lisbon’s oldest neighborhoods, and the Tagus River from the Santa Luzia viewpoint, next to the Igreja de Santa Luzia (Church of St. Lucy). The church was the headquarters of the Order of Malta Knights in Portugal when
 Visitors sit under a pergola and look out onto Alfama, one of Lisbon’s oldest neighborhoods, and the Tagus River. This spot is called the Santa Luzia viewpoint, next to the Igreja de Santa Luzia (Church of St. Lucy), originally the headquarters of t
 The Albufeira Marina features a man-made bay near the beaches of Algarve, Portugal’s southernmost region on the Atlantic. The maritime facility was built in 2003 along with shops, restaurants and the neighboring Albufeira Marina Views, a complex of
 The sun cast shadows on the rolling hills and vineyards of the Douro River Valley in northern Portugal.  (Words/Photo: © Joseph Kellard/kellardmedia.com)
 On my walk to the Castle of Silves in southern Portugal, I crossed paths with this white home adorned with pretty pink flowers. They arrested my aesthetic sense, which had me pause to snap a photo.  (Words/Photo: © Joseph Kellard/kellardmedia.com)
 A collage of tiles of Portugal.
 While snapping photos of the outstanding panoramic views of Lisbon from Pena Palace atop a mountain in Sintra, I noticed this sculpture standing on a tall outcrop among lush trees in the castle’s park. The bronze artwork is reportedly a medieval kni
 An old tree stands in the Botanical Gardens of the University of Coimbra in Portugal. Some 1,200 species of plants are found at the gardens, where research is conducted as part of studying flora at the school. The gardens were founded in 1772, the s
 When walking around Lisbon during a night photography tour, we came across a neighborhood where people were dining outside along many of the city’s cobblestone streets.  (Words/Photo: © Joseph Kellard/kellardmedia.com)
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 The São Sebastião/Saint Sebastian Aqueduct runs along a street leading to the entrance of the Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra, a connection inspiring the structure’s popular name Arcos do Jardim/Arches of the Garden.    Designed by Ita
 This monument to King José I (1750 – 1777) is essentially Portugal’s symbolic equivalent of the Statue of Liberty in America.     The bronze equestrian statue is the centerpiece of Commerce Square, considered the official entrance into Lisbon from a
 This monument to King José I (1750 – 1777) is essentially Portugal’s symbolic equivalent of the Statue of Liberty in America.     The bronze equestrian statue is the centerpiece of Commerce Square, considered the official entrance into Lisbon from a
 Dawn arrives on the shore of Albufeira in Portugal.  (Words/Photo: © Joseph Kellard/kellardmedia.com)
 A fox mural made of titles in Lisbon.
 While exploring central Lisbon by foot, I stumbled upon this charming square with a coffee stand, cafe tables with umbrellas, and benches all shadowed by jacaranda trees.    Known as Largo do Carmo, the square is surrounded by historical buildings a
 The Mother Church of Our Lady of Conception is the main parish in Portimão, a city in Portugal’s southern Algarve region. Gonçalo Vaz de Castelo Branco, a lord of Portimão, proposed to build the Roman Catholic church that was originally constructed
 Dawn cracks on the beach at Albufeira on the southernmost coast of Portugal. The city is on the Atlantic Ocean, about 160-miles by boat to the Strait of Gibraltar, the western mouth of the Mediterranean Sea.  (Photo: © Joseph Kellard/kellardmedia.co
 A wall with graffiti and portraits in Coimbra, Portugal.  (Words/Photo: © Joseph Kellard/kellardmedia.com)
 A slice of Portugal’s Algarve coast with limestone cliffs capped by umbrella-like stone pine trees.  (Words/Photo: © Joseph Kellard/kellardmedia.com)
 Among the most historic sites in Portugal, the Castle of Tomar and Convent of Christ sit atop a mountain in the Seven Hills overlooking the city and Nabao River.    The castle and convent were built in 1160 by the Order of the Knights Templar, a Jer
 After the Castle of Tomar and Convent of Christ were built in 1160, Gualdim Pais (1118-1195), the grand master of the Portuguese Order of Knights Templar, constructed an octagonal church within a 16-sided exterior. Also called the Round Church or Ch
 A series of eight cloisters were added to the Castle of Tomar and Convent of Christ in Portugal mainly during the 16th century.    One of them has several names ascribed to it, the King João/John III, King Philip I, Royal, and Main Cloister, which w
 As grand master of the Order of Christ, Prince Henry the Navigator (1394-1460) built two Gothic-style cloisters at the society’s home at the 12th-century Castle of Tomar in Portugal.    The Cemetery Cloister (pictured here in both photos) was design
 The 12th-century Castle of Tomar and Convent of Christ cover five of the complex’s 45 acres of terrain that includes gardens, forests and multiple hills atop a mountain overlooking the city in central Portugal.    As he developed the convent for the
 I snapped this photo of a man climbing a flight of stairs while on a night photography walk in #Lisbon w/ guide @miguelangelosilva / @photowalkslisboa  (Words/Photo: © Joseph Kellard/kellardmedia.com)
 A boat motors past the vineyards of Pinhão on the Douro River in northern Portugal.  Here, grapes are cultivated for port wines, of which there are more than 40 varieties.  Located east of Porto, the Duoro River Valley is the world’s first demarcate
 A limestone arch formed over millions of years on the coast of the Algarve, the southernmost region of Portugal.  (Words/Photo: © Joseph Kellard/kellardmedia.com)  ************************************
 Pena Palace rests on a mountaintop in Sintra and offers expansive views of the Portuguese Riviera, some 15 miles northeast of Lisbon, which includes the Atlantic Ocean and Tagus River.  Portugal’s King Ferdinand II hired architect Baron Wilhelm Ludw
 A juniper grows within a trellis-like design at Jardim do Príncipe Real, a garden and park in Lisbon.  (Words/Photo: © Joseph Kellard/kellardmedia.com)
 Passengers lean through windows in a tram in Lisbon.    (Photo: © Joseph Kellard/kellardmedia.com)
 The Residencial União, a hotel in the São João Baptista neighborhood of Tomar, features a facade with azulejos tiles painted with scenes in blue and white, a characteristic artistic flourish of Portuguese architecture.  (Words/Photo: © Joseph Kella
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 Horseback riders flirt with the edge of a limestone rock cliff in the Algarve region of southern Portugal.  (Words/Photo: © Joseph Kellard/kellardmedia.com)
 A boat slices through a fog that rolls over the Tagus River, backdropped by the 25 de Abril Bridge and Sanctuary of Christ the King monument and shrine in Portugal.     The 7,470-foot suspension bridge connects Lisbon to the municipality of Almada o
 This stone fountain is in Central Square, considered the birthplace of the Botanical Gardens of the University of Coimbra in Portugal. The gardens were founded in 1772, the same year the university received statues that introduced mathematics and na
 The building of the District Council of Aveiro, the second most populous city in Portugal’s central region (after Coimbra). Neighboring a lagoon on the nation’s Atlantic coast, Aveiro has a canal system that inspires such nicknames as “The City of t
 Several rock formations on Portugal's southernmost coast have holes in their roofs. The limestone rocks were formed over an estimated 20 million years by the Atlantic’s waves crashing into the shore along a region now known as Algarve.  (Photo: © Jo
 Blue-and-white azulejo tiles cover the facade of the Chapel of Souls, an 18th century house of worship in Porto, Portugal. The Death of Saint Francis of Assisi and the Martyrdom of Santa Catarina are among the scenes artist Eduardo Leite depicted in
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 A boat cruises along the Douro River toward the Infante Dom Henrique Bridge in Porto, Portugal.  (Words/Photo: © Joseph Kellard/kellardmedia.com)
 A tram cruises along the streets of Lisbon.  (Photo: © Joseph Kellard/kellardmedia.com)
 Mosaics of large tiles in Aveiro, Portugal.  (Words/Photo: © Joseph Kellard/kellardmedia.com)
 Largo da Portagem is the central square in Coimbra, which features a bronze statue of Joaquim António de Aguiar (1792–1874), a three-time prime minister of Portugal.  Sculptor Costa Motta (1862-1930) depicted him holding a pen and sheet of paper, sy
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 Let’s take a walk along the Mondego River toward the Santa Clara Bridge in the Manuel Braga Park in Coimbra, Portugal.    (Words/Photo: © Joseph Kellard/kellardmedia.com)
 Graffiti art is Lisbon
 Pena Palace rests on a mountaintop in Sintra and offers expansive views of the Portuguese Riviera, some 15 miles northeast of Lisbon, which includes the Atlantic Ocean and Tagus River.    Portugal’s King Ferdinand II hired architect Baron Wilhelm Lu
 Doors of Lisbon
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 A rock formation posing as a natural wall in Algarve, Portugal.  (Words/Photo: © Joseph Kellard/kellardmedia.com)
 The Bank of Portugal building in Coimbra.  (Words/Photo: © Joseph Kellard/kellardmedia.com)
 A vineyard baked into the hills of the Douro River Valley in northern Portugal.  (Words/Photo: © Joseph Kellard/kellardmedia.com)
 A view from inside Silves Castle, in Portugal’s southern Algarve region.  The ancient Romans reportedly built the original fortification atop the hill where the castle is perched today.  The Islamic Moors took the castle when they invaded the region
 Bust of Woman at Praça do Município in Lisbon.
 Homes perched atop the multicolored rocky cliffs on the coast of Algarve, the southernmost region of Portugal.  (Words/Photo: © Joseph Kellard/kellardmedia.com)
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 A cafe in Porto.
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 A train crosses The Dom Luis I, a double-deck arched metal bridge that spans more than 560 feet across the Douro River, in Porto, Portugal.       The bridge was built from 1881 to 1886 on a design by a disciple of Gustave Eiffel, the French engineer
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 Fisherman on rocks along the shore in Albufeira, Portugal.
  A statue of King Sancho I of Portugal at Silves Castle
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 The sun sets on the white-washed homes in Albufeira, a coastal town in Algarve, the southernmost region of Portugal. With origins stretching back to ancient Rome, Albuferia was conquered by the Islamic Moors in the 8th century. Starting in the 13th
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 A cityscape of Porto, Portugal.  (Words/Photo: © Joseph Kellard/kellardmedia.com)
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