The white Igreja Nossa Senhora Conceicao (Our Lady of Conception Church) in the traditional village Piodao, Portugal.
Wikipedia: The village of Piódão is located in the mountains of the Serra do Açor. It is known for its traditional houses with schist walls, slate-covered roofs and blue-painted doors and windows. The place is officially mentioned for the first time in a survey made for King D. João III from the year 1527, as Casal do Piodão with only two families living here, and belongs to the Villa da Voo (Avô). The inaccessible seclusion of the place often attracted refugees from the judiciary, such as Diogo Lopes Pacheco, one of the alleged murderers of Inês de Castro (1320–1355), or the rebel officer José do Telhado (1818–1875). Piodão has been an independent municipality since 1676. After the dissolution of the district (concelho) of Avô in 1855, the municipality came to the district of Arganil. At about the same time, the extensive isolation of Piodão ended after the royal road from Covilhã to Coimbra was built. In 1906 the seminary preschool of Piódão was closed and the place fell again into stagnation, which Father Manuel Fernandes Nogueira, who arrived here in 1886, tackled with numerous initiatives, such as innovations in vegetable cultivation and the renovation of the main church, which was threatened with decay. It was not until 1972, with the connection to today's county road, and the arrival of electricity, radio and television in 1976, that the place opened up and developed further. The historically grown core of the village of Piódão has been a listed building since 1978.
Size: 7360px × 4912px
Location: Piodao, Portugal
Photo credit: © Bert de Ruiter / Alamy / Afripics
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