Mafra National Palace, Mafra, Portugal
That moment when a site or attraction just sneaks up on you, stops you in your tracks, & makes you go wow. I had one of those moments today when I paid a visit to Mafra, Portugal, and first laid eyes on the town’s monumentally glorious palace. Wow indeed....Gradil, Mafra, Portugal
Over the years I’ve been lucky enough to visit a few former Portuguese colonies around the world, notably Macau, China (twice) & Goa, India (three times now). So although I hadn’t been to Portugal before a few days ago I did feel like I knew what to expect....New Jersey Hispaniola Finland Massachusetts boston Rio de Janeiro fort cochin North Africa merida Muine Kodari Niagara Santa Marta Austria Port-au-Prince Skye Costa del Sol Saint Stephen Puerto Rio Tranquilo Charlottesville Wadi Musa Isla de la Ometepe Prishina tijuana Hartland Grand Cayman Minnesota Kijong-dong / Propaganda Village Muriwai Beach key west Mobile Mount Sinai Tuymen Aqaba Ancud Hout Bay Alaverdi Copacabana George Town Kathmandu Canada Jebel Toubkal Laramie Hermanus Cannon Ball Vilnius Negril Bishkek Soufriere Cuba miami Cape Town Dades Gorge Erie Spalding Upstate New York Colonial Williamsburg Bentonia St Cloud Tegucigalpa Istanbul Marbella Grand Lake galle Puerto Ayora Sparta Erg Chebbi Lago De Yojoa san diego Buford Arkansas Galapagos Islands Chefchaouen Rosario Uttar Pradesh Stepantsminda Dyess Puerto Lopez Rome Richmond Cooke City Dubrovnik Zhangmu Guanajuato West 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