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      12-12-2010
Being a foreign here, felt like it's a good ideia showing to all of you the place (city/country) i'm from!
It's an opportunity to get to know another places and other "colours"!
First... some links to sites with lot of photos from Oporto, Portugal:

http://amen.no.sapo.pt/index-english.htm
http://www.pbase.com/jandrade/ruas_do_porto
http://pedro-samuel.spaces.live.com/...=cat%3DIMAGENS
http://pt.trekearth.com/gallery/Euro...l/North/Porto/

Some photos of the most beautiful bridge of Portugal, D. Luis I Bridge, it joins Oporto to the twin city of Vila Nova de Gaia.

Many years ago:



Not so many years ago:



Recent years:



Other photos:









By night:















Fireworks:



Another:



Oporto and Vila Nova de gaia are united by 6 bridges... i'll post photos of the others...
 
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      12-13-2010
That bridge is way cool! Lovely city too. If I ever hit the "lottery" I want to go to Europe and travel for six months or more.

Ireland, England, Scotland, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, France, and other countries I can't spell right now.
 
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      12-13-2010
One more bridge. This is the Arrábida bridge! This bridge lets you look at the Douro river and on the other side you can see the Atlantic... It used to have four elevators (lifts), but they were abandoned.













By night:
 
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      12-14-2010
It looks beautiful!

A nice mix of new and old architectural styles.
 
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      12-14-2010
Next ones... railway bridges!
The old one, Maria Pia (Queen) Bridge, By Eiffel... behind we can see Infante's bridge:











The Old... and the New:



The new one, São João (St John) Bridge:










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      12-14-2010
Really enjoyed those pics - what a good idea for a thread . I've never been to Porto before, but it looks really nice!
 
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      12-14-2010
Nice pictures.

How many other landmarks are there, besides the four bridges?

I would upload pictures but I'm not real sure there is anything of interest in these parts.
 
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      12-15-2010
The new bridge in the pictures sure reminds me of the Confederation Bridge we have here (only ours is wee bit longer, 12.9k or 8 miles).

 
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      12-15-2010
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Nice pictures.

How many other landmarks are there, besides the four bridges?

I would upload pictures but I'm not real sure there is anything of interest in these parts.
Well... there's one more bridge
Of course there are more landmarks, i'll post photos of them, too.
 
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      12-15-2010
A small video of Anthony Bourdain in Porto:

 
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