A place with delight V Photo

Photographer’s Note

Monsanto is a village of Portugal of the region of Beira.

Belonging " Aldeias históricas of Portugal " was considered to be the most Portuguese people, his medieval delight makes it unrepeatable, labyrinthine streets get lost for his and to rise to the high thing to contemplate the sight from his castle is an authentic experience.

Monsanto is nailed in the slope of a small but steep mountain, characterized by big masses of granite that often are a part of the housings. On top of the mount placed in granitic masses one finds the imposing castle of Monsanto now already in state of ruin, but that there even preserves well his wall, court of weapon and turrets.
Several routes exist to visit Monsanto, they all demand the visitor to be used well to walking, since the locality is placed in the hillside of a mountain and on having begun the visit all the streets are steep.
The most interesting route is the so called " Route two penedos together " this route departs from the entry of the people and comes up to the Romanesque chapel of San Miguel where there can be admired the most ancient graves excavated in the granitic rock.
The attraction of this route is the scenery, the sights that it offers of the region, and to be able to contemplate the masses of granite caracterícticas of Monsanto, having to happen below some of them; once come to the castle and after contemplating the impressive sights, it can descend for the ancient roadway of stone, covering the streets serpenteantes, stopping to contemplate the ancient chozos of stone and roof of ground.

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gracious, torre, amaryllis, kiwi_explorer, jlbrthnn, Tue, Dyerco, ruisc_pt, jorgi, gunbud trouve(nt) cette note utile

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jurek1951 (26076) 2008-03-30 6:33

Hi Charo,
Excellent cityscape. Good capture.Very nice sharp details with beautiful colours; well done
Georg

CENT-TRETZE (2133) 2008-03-30 7:56

Hola:

Lo ves, me distraigo 2 días y ya se me ha acumulado el trabajo con dos fotos para comentar. No te las voy a comentar todas ya lo sabes, pero no dejaré jamás de estar en contacto (virtual) contigo.

Una foto de este pueblo que parecen dos o por lo menos está unido por un cordon umbilical (calle o carretera) Una vista preciosa captada por la cámara de una artista. Y un comentario “útil” como de costumbre.
Lamento que te cayeras i te lastimaras, pero es natural, siempre estás subiéndote por los sitios, solo hace falta per los pedruscos de Workshop. jejeje.
Recibe unos cuantos besos más a cuenta.

Josep

PD. En la foto del “DNI” de Gmail, estás guapísima.

Gustaw (21670) 2008-03-30 7:58

Hi, my friend!
It is very interesting view. I like your composition and oryginal conception. Good colours and light. I like your many buildings.
Marek

wolf38 (13061) 2008-03-30 8:58

Hello charo. A further of your worth seeing landscapes. This time it is a city landscape with many red roofs. An important picture element is the wall in the foreground. Altogether protruding. Best regards, Wolfgang.

gracious (20017) 2008-03-30 10:30

Hola my friend Charo,
Lovely view of the valley from a good pov from a high ground!
very impressive to see so many red roofs down the valley
the image is sharp with good colour and details
muchas gracias
Saludos
Tony

torre (893) 2008-03-30 16:09

Olá Charo. É de facto uma magnifca aldeia esta de Monsanto, mas dificil não!?
Parabéns
Arlindo

amaryllis (17725) 2008-03-30 23:06

bonjour,
j'aime beaucoup ce cadrage de cette photo en plongee depuis le petit muret et de nous permettre d'avoir une vision sur le village, les toits et les alentours de verdure
une bonne note également
bonne semaine
juliette

kiwi_explorer (12195) 2008-03-31 1:36

Hi Charo,
A beautiful village ... they must have strict building code enforcing red roofs... I like the architectural uniformity of the houses. I find your notes regarding the photo refreshing and interesting. Well captured and composed. Well done! tfs
Cheers,
Renier

gildasjan (24069) 2008-03-31 2:09

Bonjour Charo
Un point de vue idéal pour un panorama sur ces toits oranges qui claquent bien dans cette végétation.
Bonne journée.
Amicalement
Gildas

jlbrthnn (38775) 2008-03-31 3:28

Bonjour Charo,
Ton point de vue est bien choisi, et permet d'embrasser du regard un large et somptueux paysage. Les couleurs des toits orientés dans tous les sens selon les rues que l'on devine et ce clocher sont un superbe spectacle. Excellente image portuguaise.
Bonne journée
Amicalement
Joël

Tue (25608) 2008-03-31 4:24

Hi Charo,
You found a great POV to overlook the town, which stands out really nicely against the background with its red roofs. The composition is very good with a nice inclusion of the diagonal wall in the right foreground. Great photo work!
Regards,
Lars

Dyerco (9256) 2008-03-31 6:56

Hi Charo
It does indeed look like a maze. This would make a good jigsaw puzzle :)
Good contrast amd the exposure was well handled.
Phil

ElAprendiz (7370) 2008-03-31 8:37

Hola Charo

Sin duda es un lugar con encanto. El POV es muy acogedor y llamativo al ver como las tonalidades de los tejados, destacan en la composición.

Buen encuadre y buena luz.

John

UnTrained (0) 2008-03-31 9:03

Hola Charo,
it is the colour composition which attracts me here by the red spots in the green and grey surrounding. Good to see from the high POV and a bit higher f-stop was possible I think for some more DOF.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

sacavem (8469) 2008-03-31 9:56

Olá Charo,

Un lugar encantador con muy buen encuadre.

Nesta última semana também passei por Monsanto.É um lugar magnifico espero que tenhas gostado. Lembras-te das minhas fotos de Monsanto? Será que por esse motivo tiveste vontade de conhecer Monsanto?
Uma grande imagem com uma boa perspectiva.
Um abraço,
Filipe

barrufeto_77 (25923) 2008-03-31 14:45

Hola Charo.

La vista es ciertamente buenísima si señor! Este tipo de fotos de "salpicados" de pueblos siempre me gustan..y mucho.

Un saludo, Oscar

r021251 (3917) 2008-03-31 19:05

A;ways magic the top color house . Super shot ,long view Bravo
Mon ami Réal.

Vames (4356) 2008-04-01 0:42

hola Charo,very nice composition and nice places!good work !

emilbo (9581) 2008-04-01 8:34

Hola Charo!
Des toits oranges qui semblent empilés comme des boites de carton, dans tous les sens, surtout en avant-plan. Bonne composition et bonne perspective. Beau contraste des couleurs entre l'oranger et le vert et excellente note.
Félicitations!...
Emilius

ruisc_pt (6207) 2008-04-01 9:29

OLá Charo
Muito obrigado pelo post desta maravilhosa e também tão Ibérica vila.
UM ab
Rui

jorgi (3800) 2008-04-01 12:24

Hola Charo,

for many years now I want to visit Portugal and now I know what I will want to see when I get there. This is simply marvelous! I love this settlements of stone and red roofs positioned between green landscape. They appear like made from one person, very uniformed, compact, jammed together as one bigger union ready to comfront the trouble when necessary. Great sense of community and importance of being connected. Beuatiful!

Kind regards,
Jeri

gunbud (28121) 2008-04-01 18:28

Hi Charo,
Beautiful view of the charming village in the valley with its lovely organge roofs contrasting nicely with the lush green countryside.
Regards, Tom

PatyP (234) 2008-12-10 5:37