January 30, 2011
Dame Paula Rego is a Portuguese painter, illustrator and printmaker. She is among the main figurative artists working today, creating richly imaginative art rooted in memories, fantasy, literature, art history, and direct observation. She was born in Lisbon in 1935, the sole child to a prosperous, middle-class family, under the Salazar dictatorship, which would later […]
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January 16, 2011
The Douro Vinhateiro is an area of approximately 26’000 hectares (64’250 acres) in the Douro Valley in Portugal, which has been classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 2001. It is sheltered by mountain ranges from coastal influence, making the soil appropriate for wines of very good quality. This region is centered around […]
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