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N is for Neptune in Faro
Here is a quick post for the letter N. It could have been Neil Young or Neil Armstrong. In the end, it was Neptune. Part of a Mosiac of the god of the sea was unearthed near Faro Railway Station in 1976. Occupying a large room the Mosiac was relocated to the 16th Century Infante Dom Henrique Archaeological Museum. The museum is housed in a former convent in Faro. Along with Neptune, the museum has a range of artifacts from prehistoric Portugal to neoclassical times including pottery and paintings. The Roman mosaic of Oceanus/Neptune and the four winds dates from the 3rd century. The museum is not large but well worth a visit! …
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Copacabana – Panoramas of Rio de Janeiro
Since September 2012, Portugal along with Brazil, has been celebrating the year of Portugal in Brazil and Brazil in Portugal. The celebration “Year” has involved a range of artistic and scientific exchanges between both Countries. The aim of the year in Portugal is to showcase a young, modern and innovative country, in which the economy, the arts, science and business play a central role. The celebrations continue until Portugal Day, on 10th June. To mark this important “Year”, Tavira has been chosen to host a very special, indeed unique exhibition. In an interview last week, at the Consulate in Faro, Consul General of Brazil in Faro, Ambassador Manuel Innocencio de Lacerda Santos…
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The Romans in the Algarve
The March talk for the Algarve Archeological Association featured Catarina Viegas and it was called “The Romans in the Algarve”. Catarina Viegas who is based at the University of Lisbon spoke in English and gave an informed and detailed talk, with excellent slides. Her studies, which formed her PhD, focused on just a small part of the pottery found in the Eastern Algarve. She told the group that from just those small fragments a vast story can be revealed, which uncovers a civilization’s way of life, echoes of which can be sensed in the present.She started her presentation by recalling an early pioneer of archeology of the region, Estacio da Veiga.…
