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Going to Foz with Ramalho Ortigão
The Foz do Douro that Ramalho Ortigão knew in his childhood, in the 1840s and 1850s, was still a modest …
Viana do Castelo: The Seaside Dream
When Ramalho Ortigão observes Viana do Castelo in the late nineteenth century, he finds a city living off the splendor …
Caldas de Vizela and Thermal Tourism
When Ramalho Ortigão arrived at Caldas de Vizela eighteen years earlier, in early June in the mid-nineteenth century, he did …
São Pedro do Sul: The Paradisiacal Valley in Ramalho's Journey
When Ramalho Ortigão arrived in São Pedro do Sul, still in the late nineteenth century, he did so after an …
Azambuja: The Landscape of Ribatejo
When Ramalho Ortigão crosses Azambuja in the late nineteenth century, he finds a Ribatejo landscape in full threshing season: "in …
Caldas da Rainha: The Beautiful Village
In the late nineteenth century, Caldas da Rainha presented itself as "the beautiful town" that in Portugal "most resembles the …
