Nest of Eagles Photo

Photographer’s Note

Marvão is a Portuguese town of the District of Portalegre, region Alentejo and subregion of the
High place Alentejo, with next to 600 inhabitants.

For centuries, Marvão goes as by-name ' The nest
of the eagles '. It is not of missing: the town
was raised to more than eight hundred meters high
on one of the summits of the saw of São Mamede, to
six scarce kilometers of the border with Spain. An unassailable mountain of granite separates it from
the vales and the pastures. To come to her it is necessary to climb over tiring curves that are born
to his feet. Once above, the sacrifice will have been worth while. The town of Marvão is medieval, white as the snow, cobbled and irregular, tortuous and steep, protected for a thick line of dark walls in whose corners open to themselves bastions, matacanes and cabins. The intramural houses are decorated by balconies of wrought iron, chimneys alentejanas and picturesque windows manuelinas, supplied well for
the days of the winter cold. Marvão her founded the Arabic. There is the one who thinks that it ordered her to create a commander Saracen of name Marvan, somewhere near the year 770. In Arab, Marvan means softly, lively and agreeably. The History could not find better euphemism to name so beautiful village.
Be as he will be, in 1160, don Afonso Henriques conquered the town for the Christian shields. More than one century later, in 1299, don Dinis ordered
to erect his haughty castle.

The Castle of Marvão yergue on a comb of quartz, to 850 meters of the level of the sea, shutting the medieval town up in his walls. His walls reinforced
by towers, are distributed in defensive concentric lines: the internal line reinforced by two towers
and a turret, dominated by the Tower of Homage, of square plant, which him is attached; the intermediate line crowned by battlements and reinforced by massive towers; the external line constituted by the barbican, wherefrom there departs the fence that wraps the mount and understands the town. The adaptation of this defense at the end of the XVIIth century, convertió to the castle in citadel of the fortitude abaluartada, with loopholes in the roofs, allowing the shot rasante.

Sight from the castle with two of his churches to the fund, that of Santiago of the XIVth century, and that of Santa Maria of the XIIIth century in the first plane.

More information: http://www.hola.com/viajes/rutas/lugarescuriosos/2004/
12/28/11565_marv_E3o_2C_una_enc.html

A WS with Marvão seen from below.

Dyerco, TopGeo, jonathan_hart, angela926, chpp, paura, mikolaj_kawa, jlbrthnn, giorgimer, gunbud, carper, Jakab, AnaRita has marked this note useful

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Gustaw (21670) 2008-03-11 9:36

Hi, my friend!
I see very beautiful photo. Good composition, nice colours and light. Interesting old architecture and beautiful nature.
Well done.
Marek

Dyerco (9310) 2008-03-11 9:42

Hi Charo
This is a nice composition. The church is well placed in the upper left intersection ponit.
Exposure is spot on.
Phil

emilbo (9659) 2008-03-11 9:43

Hola Charo!
Merveilleux point de vue et bonne perspective. L'arcitecture est intéressante et ce doit être magnifique en été avec la verdure. Bonne composition et excellente note.
Bravo!...
Emilius

Paolo (40755) 2008-03-11 10:05

Hi Charo, beautiful picture.
good quality, timing, colours and a great POV.
thanks, ciao

amaryllis (17844) 2008-03-11 10:06

bonjour, ton ws nous demontre bien la hauteur où est perché ce chateau, une belle composition et un beau point de vue malgré la brume, et un jardin magnifiquement entretenu
bon travail
juliette

TopGeo (22249) 2008-03-11 10:13

Hi Charo! An excellent captured Here I observe a picture important! The point of arrest and the frame impress the compo good and the note also,
I praise
Geo

jonathan_hart (22627) 2008-03-11 10:34

the title illustrate well this composition, interesting place well captured from a good POV and with a perfect framing,
interesting misty BG
regards
jo

angela926 (1882) 2008-03-11 10:51

Hello Charo,
Fantastic composition and point of view, superb sharpness, excellent depth of field, lovley colors and nice textures.
Angela

dip (12852) 2008-03-11 11:04

Hi Charo,
wonderful photo,excellent POV and framing,
well composed,
Dimitris.

chpp (4015) 2008-03-11 13:00

Hola charo
muy linda image, con buena perspectiva y un monton de detalles de esta construction.
La image tiene buena luz y colores suaves
muy buen trabajo
saludos
christian

UnTrained (0) 2008-03-11 13:57

Hola Charo,
well presented that the name is just the right for this little village. I like the distant workshop giving us impression of the height and more this good closer view with a good light with the background haze. Good choice for the capture with the slope and the cemetery in two parts.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

ElAprendiz (7370) 2008-03-11 14:24

Hola Charo

Sin duda que es una toma de esplendora belleza.

El panorama es magnifico y los tonos se ajustan apropiadamente al ambiente. El POV utilizado por ti, determina una buena profundidad de campo y una excelente composición en el primer plano. Felicidades

John

gracious (20017) 2008-03-11 16:19

Hola Charo my friend!
Ah, this is a very good one!
you had captured real well on this awesome town and really worth to climb to see this place!
good pov with perfect sharpness, good colour and details always from your excellent posting!
muchas gracias
Saludos
tony

paura (39376) 2008-03-11 17:58

Charo,
O lugar é realmnete incrível e sua foto está muito boa para mostrá-lo. O paredão de pedras está também muito bom.

Abraço

Paulo

jurek1951 (26162) 2008-03-12 2:10

Hi Charo,
Wonderful view and scenery presented. Good colors and image is well composed. Good looking perspective as well and interesting detalis.
Georg

Vames (4356) 2008-03-12 2:36

hola Charo,molto bella photo!colore semplice a belleza!salutare

mikolaj_kawa (31335) 2008-03-12 4:57

Ola Charo! Very interesting composition. Good lightness. Very good POV. Perfect capture. Well done! Saude!

jlbrthnn (39039) 2008-03-12 11:14

Bonsoir Charo,
La photo est géniale, mais le lieu est tout simplement fantastique, il est de ceux que je voudrais parcourir. Très belle prise.
Bonne soirée
Amicalement
Joël

pablominto (41398) 2008-03-12 12:03

Hello Charo,
This is an interesting location for a town!
I guess access to the fields they used to live from back then was considerably more awkward from this site...
But what a view they had!
This is a fine composition with good details, amazing sense of depth...
Greetings,
Pablo -

giorgimer (21478) 2008-03-12 15:05

Hola Charo,

very beautiful place, excellent details and composition.

Very well done!

Gio

gunbud (28165) 2008-03-12 20:00

Hi Charo,
This wonderful nest of eagles is seen in all its marvelous details and lovely colors as it looms over mist covered valley.
Regards, Tom

carper (65742) 2008-03-13 11:01

a very good photo Charo,
I like the perspective and the balance in the well taken shot, not an easy one but you did do a good job here, have a nice evening.
gr. jaap

Gerrit (36313) 2008-03-13 13:49

Hi Charo,
Great POV and composition. The sky is a little burnt but the light is very good.
Regards, Gerrit

Jakab (3500) 2008-03-15 16:12

Hello charo,
a breathtaking view of a curious town. The light fog accentuates well the distance of the remote mounts and gives an excellent background.
Best whishes
Laszlo

stego (22482) 2008-03-15 17:07

Hola Charo,
Soy muy franco cuando te digo que es una de las mejores fotos de Marvão aquí en TE, por lo menos desde este POV. Es interesante como conseguiste tornar esa luminosidad que a primera vista no es la mejor en una de las cosas que la hace mas atrayente.
La compo, la nitidez y los colores son magníficos.
Cuanto a la belleza del lugar, soy demasiado sospecho para hablar de ella.
Saludos, José.

josepmarin (34131) 2008-03-16 12:08

Hola Charo,
tu punto de vista nos proporciona una gran vista y una ligera sensación de vértigo por el precipicio de la derecha.
Has encuadrado muy bien, dando un perfecto equilibrio a las dos partes asimétricas de la composición, y un buen efecto de profundidad de imagen.
Bien realizada y bonita foto.
Un abrazo,
Josep

mumek (17510) 2008-03-18 3:29

Good morning Charo!
Beautiful view from the castle at two churches and very well maintained garden. Great composition with misty mountains in the background.Thanks for sharing and thanks for the note
best regards
ziggy

rbcy1974 (20746) 2008-03-27 6:06

HOla Charo
Muy bonito punto de vista
me gusta mucho la manera en que has dividido la foto en dos mostrando tanto la iglesia como su impresionante entorno
saludos
Daniel

euryan (8351) 2008-03-27 19:36

I have a photo with almost the same view, but in summer. It is interesting to see how Marvão looks in the winter. Nice shot.
Regards,
Ryan

kiks (6151) 2008-04-07 1:32

Hi Charo, lovely scene. I like your POV using the wall to create a diagonal line on the image and giving a great depth. Well seen.
Best regards
KIks