Jump to content

Torres Vedras castle


Pedro

Recommended Posts

Not much of a ride report, just a stop at Torres Vedras and decided to go up to see the Castle.

Torres Vedras of “Lines of Torres” fame played an important part in Portugal’s defense from the French invasion. This castle, however, is way older than that.

 I liked learning about the roman water reservoirs, but I won’t bore you, you can read the signs on the pictures if you want.

Ignored the signs as surely they didn’t mean to forbid motorcycle parking by the main door.

B7C652E8-E06B-4F30-9C4E-667E26B251BA.thumb.jpeg.1819a8368588bf0efed5c35171f8bfc7.jpeg
 

C4EE8F1F-F89E-4700-9D46-FEC776BEB082.thumb.jpeg.00064352143a43b08c0cb8b5aad3fafd.jpeg

 

Inside there’s quite a pleasant space with some nice trees.

C2E77D9E-22AE-4593-B5EA-C1C4C5A93CB1.thumb.jpeg.0ecffd1668e1af9da8475ee148c02aa9.jpeg


The Roman water cisterns, clever people those romans

57FA280D-CD80-4C75-BB38-FB8459C82B74.thumb.jpeg.233e496dd4e5e148721457c6b464a962.jpeg

11B6FE34-79EB-4292-B6EE-592BB249E0DA.thumb.jpeg.5f85f782119eef9ce0738cd238da8ed8.jpeg
 

1D9F2251-F497-413A-8CBA-39D550B263FB.thumb.jpeg.0163a11125821b4cbd7c383489bd9b92.jpeg

 

You guys, helping out:

6671D0EE-BDCB-40B5-9691-0510C591BF4F.thumb.jpeg.5be1548088934f51aa5c93a875862815.jpeg

864C54E4-688A-48DA-AEC2-0F2D562062CB.thumb.jpeg.ec228ce29243a6c0fdea7ee54c25a78f.jpeg
 

5CDA04B5-6FC9-4A5E-9BB5-61D217209B7F.thumb.jpeg.4e08260d68ec5e955bd707abf46a102f.jpeg

AC570F86-F571-4CFC-B7B1-420DC509EC60.thumb.jpeg.17d1378c8dd9f292116cbea1794b6a60.jpeg

 

 

Quite the history:

770BAB5E-52C9-49EC-A045-4A0EE6BFE4C4.thumb.jpeg.0ea54b15121d3b1b612e85c9c44b9a00.jpeg

 

Shortly after I met up with Sofia, who made her big “I’m having a huge pastry for lunch” smile

4795E5C0-964B-4DFD-A327-DFE23E7AE21B.thumb.jpeg.7bb240eea18730da5fc2f8392b00f2d2.jpeg

And we went to look at Hondas

C4EDD37C-9C7F-4C58-91EC-73D794B28279.thumb.jpeg.8665e0d5fdeaacf28c1b382c7e90fd46.jpeg
 

A7BC307F-65B7-4D4E-B5FC-B1A1CBEDC850.thumb.jpeg.f920156e1ab36e110e3551b6ac71a440.jpeg

 

  • Like 8
Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 hours ago, XTreme said:

Great pics Pedro!

So Brits were there getting stuck in? Why were they involved?

You never heard of the French invasion? Napoleon? Wellesley?

The Brits used us as an excuse to kill some French and help ruin their plans, and we took that help gladly. 
 

The Lines of Torres were built with colaboration and direction of the British and were two rows of fortifications north of Lisbon, they were able to transmit messages from one end to the other in minutes, it was very cool.

  • Like 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, boboneleg said:

Have they lost their 'H' :classic_wacko:

 

H.jpg.1cabfbaa99ef314483316894cc1ce1d5.jpg

It’s the name, no error, I find it weird too. People here in Torres Vedras are really weird.

Onda translates to wave in Portuguese …

  • Haha 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 hours ago, XTreme said:

Great pics Pedro!

So Brits were there getting stuck in? Why were they involved?

Cause the Welsh couldn’t manage it 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

26 minutes ago, Six30 said:

Cause the Welsh couldn’t manage it 

Um !  even though some of them may not like it I think the Welsh are included when you mention Brits

 

kids.gif.8bf164138c1c37e70580fee910e4ee19.gif

  • Like 1
  • Haha 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

3 minutes ago, boboneleg said:

Um !  even though some of them may not like it I think the Welsh are included when you mention Brits

He's thick as shit isn't he?

  • Haha 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, boboneleg said:

Um !  even though some of them may not like it I think the Welsh are included when you mention Brits

 

kids.gif.8bf164138c1c37e70580fee910e4ee19.gif

No , not if you’re Welsh … you ask extreme what he is or where he’s from … it would be Welsh and wales , he would never say uk or I’m a Brit 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

7 minutes ago, Six30 said:

No , not if you’re Welsh … you ask extreme what he is or where he’s from … it would be Welsh and wales , he would never say uk or I’m a Brit 

I'm Welsh.......which makes me British. I don't get a choice!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Privacy Policy