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Forteleza Pé de Bandeira.JPG (9832 bytes)

Harbour entrance.JPG (11678 bytes)

The 17thC Fort,

Ponta de Bandeira

The harbour entrance and Praia da Batata, so called due to the amount of potato peelings from the garrisons of Bandeira and Pinhão

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FortalezaPinhal.JPG (20363 bytes)

Praia dos Estudantes

The site of the Fort Pinhão, built to replace an earlier castle destroyed in the 1755 earthquake

Stork P Conservas.JPG (9506 bytes)

The stork's nest on the chimney of the old sardine factory 'Paláçio das Conservas'. One of several around the town, all occupying similar chimneys.
They are all busy feeding their young.

This set of photos taken May 1999.

 

Lagos Camara.JPG (22397 bytes)

Lagos waterquay.JPG (13209 bytes)

Paços do Concelho (Town Hall) Barracos Quay
(Where ships used to take on water)

Lagos Cultural Centre.JPG (15624 bytes)

Lagos manuelinwindow.JPG (31051 bytes)

Courtyard in Cultural Centre The Manuelin Window (16th C)
in the Oldest Town Walls
Lagos orangetreecafe.JPG (22079 bytes) Lagos Lifeboatstn.JPG (13981 bytes)
Orange Tree Café The Old Lifeboat Station
Lagos tilepanels.JPG (21499 bytes) Lagos streetband.JPG (24629 bytes)
One of the many Street Sculptures and Art Some of the many Street Entertainers

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