Stormy sunset sky, Costa Vincente, Algarve, Portugal
by Neale And Judith Clark
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Stormy sunset sky, Costa Vincente, Algarve, Portugal
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Neale And Judith Clark
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Stormy sunset sky with incoming tide and surf taken Costa Vincente, Atlantic coast of Algarve, Portugal EU Europe
Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park is a natural park in the Alentejo and Algarve regions of south-central Portugal.
Cape St. Vincent or Cabo de São Vicente,is a headland in the municipality of Vila do Bispo, in the Algarve, southern Portugal. It is the southwesternmost point of Portugal and of mainland Europe.
Cape St. Vincent was already sacred ground in Neolithic times, as standing menhirs in the neighborhood attest. The ancient Greeks called it Ophiussa (Land of Serpents), inhabited by the Oestriminis and dedicated here a temple to Heracles. The Romans called it Promontorium Sacrum (or Holy Promontory). Strabo, in his Geography calls this cape the most western tip of the known world and reports the place was considered magical. Common people believed the sun sank here hissing into the ocean, marking the edge of their world, which Strabo qualifies as "common and vulgar reports" and attributes to Posidonius
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January 14th, 2020
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