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As Farpas I
View full work detailsQuem nunca veio a Viana, quem não atravessou a linda ponte do caminho de ferro, entre o aterro de S. Bento e a risonha aldeia de Darque, tão célebre outrora pelas suas faianças pombalinas; quem não percorreu a estrada litoral até Caminha, através das povoações de Âncora, da Areosa e de Afife; quem não transitou a pé pelos caminhos de …
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When Ramalho Ortigão observes Viana do Castelo in the late nineteenth century, he finds a city living off the splendor of its past. Seen from the top of a hill, the houses offer "the appearance of a large white paper kite fallen to the ground, among the fields, beside the river"; seen from within, it is "charming in its modesty, simplicity, silence and cleanliness."
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