Portugal

The Azores are a widely spread out archipelago in the Atlantic, west of mainland Portugal. The islands belong to the so-called Mid-Atlantic Ridge and lie on the plate boundary between the African, European and North American continental plates. The Azores

The monumental monastery built by King Manuel I (1469-1521) with its richly decorated limestone facade is the most important building of the so-called Manuel style, a form of late Gothic. It was created after Vasco da Gama returned from his