A lemon tree laden with fruit and an ancient whitewashed wall reflecting the sun, evocative of southern Europe in summer, in Óbidos, Centro, Portugal
Óbidos, Centro, Portugal: Lemon tree heavy with fruit behind an ancient whitewashed wall, close to the main square, Praça di Santa Maria. The lemon tree or Citrus limon is a small evergreen tree in the flowering plant family Rutaceae. Although the name Óbidos derives from the Latin “oppidum”, meaning “walled city”, the town dates back to Portugal’s Celtic period and was only later taken over by the Romans in the 1st century AD. The Romans created the city of Eburobrittium and were followed by the Visigoths and other Germanic tribes in the 5th century. The Moors took over in the 8th century and, finally, Portugal’s first king, Alphonso Henriques, conquered the town in 1149. Óbidos is known as the “wedding present town” because it was a gift King Dinis gave to Queen Isabel on their wedding day in 1282. Óbidos then became the property of Portuguese queens until the 1800s.
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Location: Óbidos, Centro, Portugal
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
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