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@digi-meTo pay Pretoria a visit was one of the highlights when I was in South Africa in April this year. We had booked a tour with a local guide. The first stop was the Voortrekker Monument. I don’t exactly know what I had expected, but it was much bigger than what I had guessed. The guide revealed to us a part of South African history I hadn’t known about. The Voortrekkers were Boers / Dutch settlers who in the 1830s started a movement called «The Great Trek». This was a migration from the Cape Colony to the interior Highveld north of the Orange River. These Boers / Afrikaners left with everything they owned on an ox-wagon to escape the British who was in control in the Cape Colony. The result of the migration was new communities: The colony Natal, but also independent Boer states, like the Orange Free State. This migratory movement is considered a major event in South African history.
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@onyfestSortelha Castle, which displays a combination of Romanesque and Gothic styles with notable Manueline additions, is accessible through the Castle Gate, adorned with an armillary sphere and the royal arms of D. Manuel I. In the parade ground, the Cistern and a False Door to the south and the traditional Keep, with its dogwood balcony, are preserved.
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@larissalugoHello everyone, today I'd like to talk about our visit to Montserrat, a suburb of Sintra. This place is home to summer residences of the Portuguese royal family, along with several noble houses. Sintra is known for its grand architectural forms. It's a paradise for enthusiasts of landscape design as well. This shouldn't come as a surprise, as according to Greek mythology, the goddess of hunting, Artemis was born on Mount Sinthos. That's why the goddess is often referred to as Sinthia, a name that eventually transformed into Sintra over time.
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