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12-DEC-2016

Porto. Rio Douro

The name, Latinized Durius, may have come from the Celtic tribes that inhabited the area before Roman times: the Celtic root is *dubro-.The Douro vinhateiro (winegrowing), an area of the Douro Valley in Portugal long devoted to vineyards, has been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Traditionally, the wine was taken down river in flat-bottom boats called rabelos, to be stored in barrels in cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia, just across the river from Porto. In the 1950s and 1960s, dams were built along the river, which ended this river traffic from the upper regions in Spain and along the border. Now Port wine is transported in tanker trucks.In 1998, Portugal and Spain signed the Albufeira Convention, an agreement on the sharing of trans-boundary rivers to include the Douro, Tagus and Guadiana. The convention superseded an original agreement on the Douro, signed in 1927, that was expanded in 1964 and 1968 to include tributaries.

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Irene Wehrli03-Feb-2017 18:18
Wonderful wide view over the roofs, great atmosphere and I like the bridges…
Irene
Julie Oldfield02-Feb-2017 19:41
Such a gorgeous view. Well composed. V
Walter Otto Koenig02-Feb-2017 16:16
Very nice perspective over the roofs. I like the haze and clouds. "V"
Nora van Beek02-Feb-2017 15:10
Really beautiful scene! Excellent composition from this pov. V
Graeme02-Feb-2017 10:41
More fine views, Jose.V
fotabug01-Feb-2017 23:24
Excellent viewpoint, picturesque bridges.
Stephanie01-Feb-2017 23:04
How pretty! Too bad there's a crane in the image. V
Dwight Rankine01-Feb-2017 21:38
Beautiful shot! BV
Ken Chambers ARPS01-Feb-2017 20:46
I like the red roof tops, Jose
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