Peter Lyons Logo

Peter Lyons

New Photos are on Flickr

Note that starting in the fall of 2011, my photos are available onmy Flickr photo stream.I enjoyed writing and maintaining my own photo software for a decade or so, but it's time to move on.

Photo Gallery: Portugal

<<previous next>>
The landscape in Sagres
The landscape in Sagres
An orchard of cork treesA cork tree with its bark harvestedThe Chapella dos Ossos (Chapel of Bones) in EvoraWhen the city was cramped for space, monks from 40 local monesteries were exumed and their bones were used to build this ghoulish buildingThere are arches of femurs and molding of skullsAn engraving above the entrance reads 'These bones await your bones' (it rhymes in Portuguese)Another shot of the bonesThe Evora bus blows byA shot of Evora from the park in front of the PousadaAnother angle on the rooftops of EvoraSchoolkids march through the plazaSchoolchildren in Evora walking through the plazaSally and Rich in the plaza in EvoraOne panel is made entirely of skullsThe main plaza in EvoraLooking down a street in EvoraAnother shot down a street in EvoraThe Roman Temple ruins in EvoraAn ancient fertility monolith outside EvoraA shot at the monolithA shot by the prehistoric monolith outside EvoraThe view from the hill near the fertility monolithThe group at a cafe in ObidosThe church in ObidosFlowers along the city wall in ObidosA street in ObidosThe protective wall the surrounds ObidosA huge palm treeThe view from our patio in the Pousada in SagresThe cliffs in SagresThe cliffs in SagresThe cliffs in SagresThe cliffs in SagresThe cliffs in SagresThe cliffs in SagresThe cliffs in SagresThe cliffs in SagresThe cliffs in SagresThe cliffs in SagresThe landscape in SagresA big birds nest at the top of a cliff in SagresMe by the cliffsMe by the cliffs in SagresMe by the cliffsThe Pousada in SagresThe Pousada at Sagres at sundownThe view from behind the Pousada at SagresMe by the cliffsStones in an ancient monolithAn ancient monolith outside EvoraAn ancient monolith outside EvoraAn ancient monolith outside EvoraAn ancient monolith outside EvoraAn ancient tomb outside EvoraAn ancient tomb outside EvoraAn ancient tomb outside EvoraAn ancient tomb outside EvoraAn ancient tomb outside EvoraThe view from near the tomb

Other Photo Galleries