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The Algarve

Scenes from the Algarve, Portugal – December 2005 – Gaia Son

Faro, Portugal

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Cidade de Faro Coat of Arms

Faro is a city and a municipality in theFaro District of the Algarve region, in southern Portugal. It is the southernmost city in Continental Portugal. – Wikipedia

Sagres, Portugal

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The name Sagres, follows from Sagrado (holy) owing to the important local religious practices and rituals that occurred during the pre-history of the nation. From here some of the Mediterranean peoples (including the Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians and Romans), venerated their divinities and which some believed, owing to the absence of a human settlement, was the gathering place for their gods. – Wikipedia