Soaring Majestically: The Harpy Eagle, Nature's Aerial Dynamo

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THE ALFAMA DISTRICT

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This ancient quarter whose history goes back to the ‘1'“, period of Visigothic domination, contains the most picturesque of buildings. The Alfama begins at the foot of St. George’s Castle, with its old buildingscon. L‘- .erving the inimitable flavour of its mediaeval past, f ‘ twério Beirfio captured the unique nature of this area tnese fine verses: 'fi Esra Alfama, de Pecos qu/nhentistas, Oue ostentam naus — brasoes do mar ova/rte, Nos seus cunhais — confuse, a/ucinante g De rue/as, sombras, coisas imprevistas; i Son/ta roras no Oceano; éureas canal/Isms; Reinos estranhos, lé, no mais dr'stante Dos horizontes; p/agas do Levante,‘ Auroras coma lumes de ametl'stas/ I A variety of colours are freely splashed onto "'9 whiteness of the buildings. Here and there. throngh ! the labYrinthine area of Alfama are unbelievabIY "a" * 'O'W Swen winding streets crisscrossing and laden “