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Journal
Houses, places and the Portuguese property market, written by us
The Theatre Garrett Asked For: the Teatro Portalegrense
Opened in 1858 with a play by Almeida Garrett, Portalegre's first theatre heard José Régio's students and, by local accounts, Amélia Rey Colaço's last bow.
4 min read
Villa Justa: the Palace a Badajoz Banker Built in Elvas, Portugal
A banker from Badajoz, a Spanish republican, his widow and a legend about Alfonso XIII: the history of Villa Justa in Elvas, today the Mistress's Palace.
4 min read
The Gascons of Ribadouro: a Thousand Years at Vila Boa do Bispo
Above the Tâmega, a monastery founded around the year 1000 by a warrior and a bishop holds the tombs and legends of the family that raised Portugal's first king.
3 min read
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