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10-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 The convention superseded an original agreement on the Douro, signed in 1927, that was expanded in 1964 and 1968 to include tributaries.

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Julie Oldfield09-Jan-2017 02:54
Very lovely. V
Gill Kopy08-Jan-2017 01:47
Lovely shot with the fading light and elegant boats - birds make a nice addition ! V
Fabienne07-Jan-2017 20:26
C'est une magnifique image et j'aime son ambiance.
Tom Munson07-Jan-2017 19:03
Nicely framed, Jose.
bill friedlander07-Jan-2017 18:51
Beautifully composed with the figure in the foreground and the town beyond. V
Ika Zinka Eferl07-Jan-2017 18:41
Perfect composition for this beautiful scene...birds adding a marvelous touch. V
Bryan Murahashi07-Jan-2017 17:14
Beautiful setting with these old boats.
laine07-Jan-2017 16:47
Reminds me of an old painting...I love the dark silhouetted boats. V
Marcia Rules07-Jan-2017 16:36
very wistful image ~ V
Helen Betts07-Jan-2017 16:24
This is such a classic view of Porto, taken at a great time of day. V.
chris morton07-Jan-2017 15:54
a wonderful evening scene
Nora van Beek07-Jan-2017 15:36
So many wonderful elements come together to create this fantastic image. A perfectly timed capture! BV!
Nick Paoni07-Jan-2017 15:35
What a great looking place to spend some time. The people ups the impact.
Jeff Real07-Jan-2017 15:33
This is a marvelous work...photographic art! ~V~
Neil Marcus07-Jan-2017 15:09
This is well done. so glad that you caught the person how you did. It adds something. "VV"
Martin Lamoon07-Jan-2017 15:03
Great picture.
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Walter Otto Koenig07-Jan-2017 14:54
Wonderful perspective and atmosphere with this lgihting and the birds. "V"
Frank Tran07-Jan-2017 14:24
Very nice capture. V+
Jim Coffman07-Jan-2017 14:06
A very lovely image, Jose..
Zoltán Balogh07-Jan-2017 12:48
Really nice, I like this picture. V
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