Monsanto Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

Monsanto (the name these days has conotations with GM farming!) is a beautiful little village in Portugal that is famous for being Portugals most Portuguese looking village/town.

Another reason it is famous is that it is built around huge rocks that are scattered around, and some houses actually use rocks as walls. These houses can be extremely photogenic!

The best way of visiting Monsanto is to just park up and wander around the narrow streets, possibly climbing up as far as the castle on the hill, which gives somee stunning views down into the town!

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stefpat (968) 2008-05-28 2:34

Hi Sergio,
Very nice and quite picture with beautifull colors and nice details..Cheers..Stéphane

Hussein_Kefel (571) 2008-05-28 2:50

Hi Sergio,

The colors are brilliant, well matching the stone walls and floors and the village seems to be peacefully calm.

What a place to be, i liked it.

Regards,
Hussein

mikolaj_kawa (31889) 2008-05-28 2:53

Ola Sergio! Nice shot. Good POV, very good perspective, original composition. Beautiful colors. Saude!

ctorrent (1186) 2008-05-28 3:56

Nice composition! Elegant frame. I like your photo gallery very much!

BennyV (4986) 2008-05-28 4:29

A nice shot, Sergio. My wife (then girlfriend) and I visited this lovely place on one of our first trips together and your picture captures why we liked it so much. This would be a perfect postcard to send home. Thanks for sharing it.

Benny

Photo Information

Copyright: Sergio Leitao (sergio_leitao7) (1229)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-04-21
Categories: Architecture
Camera: Canon 20D + Grip BG-E2, Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX DC HSM, 4 GB Sandisk Ext III
Exposure: f/16, 1/20 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-05-28 2:27