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silent hours
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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Joao Paulo Rosa Salas (mcenteesalas)
![Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 32 W: 0 N: 23]](http://i1.treklens.com/misc/s-n-s.gif) (288) |
| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2006-06-09 |
| Categories: Nocturnal |
| Camera: Sony DSLR-A100 |
| Exposure: f/2.8, 1/5 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2007-08-03 13:43 |
| Viewed: 469 |
| Points: 2 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
I took this photo while visiting the Portuguese border town of Elvas and where I served my national army service back in 1993.
Elvas is a Portuguese municipality city and frontier fortress of Portugal located in the district of Portalegre in Alentejo, it is situated about 230 km east of Lisbon and about 15 km west of Badajoz, the city itself has a population of 15000 people.
Elvas is the Roman Alpesa or Helvas, the Moorish Balesh, the Spanish Yelves. It was wrested from the Moors by Alphonso VIII of Castile in 1166 but was temporarily recaptured before its final occupation by the Portuguese in 1226, From 1642 until modern times it was the chief frontier fortress south of the Tagus and it twice withstood sieges by the Spanish, in 1658 and 1711, the French under Marshal Junot took it in March 1808 during the Peninsular War but evacuated it in August, after the conclusion of the convention of Sintra. |
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How beautiful. It reminds me of my wild nights in the streets of Lisbon while everyone else was asleep. Thanks for bringing that memory back. Wonderful colors, very authentic and real.
TFS
-ang
