Saturday 7 July 2007

Portugal’s new seven wonders

The list of the Portuguese new seven wonders is (revealed on 07.07.2007):
- Alcobaça’s monastery
- Batalha’s monastery;
- Belém’s tower (Lisbon);
- Guimarães’ castle;
- Jerónimos’ monastery (Lisbon);
- Óbidos’ castle;
- Pena’s palace (Sintra).

The other candidates were: Almourol’s castle, Marvão’s castle, Christ’s convent, Mafra’s convent, Sagres’ fortress, Monsaraz’s walls, Saint Francisco’s church, Clérigos’ church, Vila Viçosa’s palace, Coimbra’s university, Mateus’ palace, Queluz’s palace, Conímbriga’s ruins and the roman temple in Évora.

All these monuments are waiting for you… and for sure deserve to be visited!

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