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June 23: Alcobaca (a UNESCO World
Heritage Site)
and the Santa Maria Monastery |
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Fatima Esplanade with the Basilica in
the background |
Fatima crowds gather for Sunday
services |
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Fatima pilgrims shuffling on their
knees. On festival days, up to 100,000 pilgrims come to Fátima |
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Fatima: Selling candles and other
religious trinkets |
Crowd waiting in line to burn their
candles |
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A short bus ride to Conimbriga Museum of Roman Ruins.
One of the largest in Portugal dating from 9th Century BC |
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Conimbriga Roman Ruins, with houses
under protective roofing |
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Coimbra and our historic Hotel Astoria,
on the Mondego River |
Coimbra's Largo da Portgem, Art
Nouveau architecture |
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Coimbra's university students
performed a celebration concert in town square |
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Coimbra's Mondego River walk.
The parkway includes several fine restaurants |
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