The ruins of the Igreja do Carmo Church, the Praça de Cameons,
A bank and some pictures of scary Portugues police fellas

 

The graceful skeletal arches
of this Carmelite church,
once the largest in Lisbon,
stand as a reminder of the
earthquake of 1755


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A fire recently gutted
the church further


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However, some amount
of renovation is underway
to repair the museum
inside, and maybe more?


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Camoens, author of the
Portugues epic, "The Lusiads"
chronicles the journey
of Vasco da Gama navigating
the way to India


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Cameon's is one of the only
national heroes in the world
that was not a warrior, he
was an author and a poet


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The Banco Totta & Açores.
I was impressed with this
building, all in all


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The outside of the Banco
Totta & Açores

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A plice officer that looked
like he knew what he
wanted to do. This offic.


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True to the American
generalization that
some police like
donuts as well


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