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Banhos de Caldas e Águas Minerais
View full work detailsS. Pedro do Sul, quando eu o vi, pareceu-me um verdadeiro paraíso. Foi há catorze anos. A linha férrea do Norte ainda não passava do Carregado para cima. Quem vinha do Porto a Viseu, ou deixava a estrada real de Lisboa em Albergaria e atravessava a serra das Talhadas, ou cortava, em Oliveira de Azeméis pouco mais ou menos, pelo …
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When Ramalho Ortigão arrived in São Pedro do Sul, still in the late nineteenth century, he did so after an exhausting journey through the mountains of Beira. The Northern railway line did not go beyond Carregado, forcing travelers heading from Porto to Viseu to face mountain paths passable only on horseback.
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