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Doca do Cavacas is the name that made the Gomes’ Pools famous. This small bathing complex consists of natural pools and has direct sea access.
SOL poente em "fundo" ... [vermelho]
não, Pedro, não te estou a chamar "voltinhas" ... se bem que a "NINFA" é para a tua musa ... mas quando vou à Doca estes dois barquinhos estão SEMPRE juntos e lembrando-me das voltinhas que tu nos fazes dar nas tuas bicicletas, vespas, "carochas" e afins ...
é esta a fotografia que me faz lembrar vocês dois !
Para a Regina e para o Pedro
com ternura,
um "por-do-sol" sempre a dois e ...
obrigada !
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Setúbal - Portugal
Europe, Portugal, Lisboa, Doca de Santo Amaro, Ponte 25 de Abril, Noise Shield (slightly cut)
During a walk along the Doca de Santo Amaro, we decided to have a drink under the 25 April bridge. We hadn't noticed the curious recent addition to it before. A member of the squash club that's situated right below explained that it's a noise barrier "that was far too expensive and is in-effective'". The last part was fairly obvious. So it might have been a joke. And the barrier a giant sculpture.
Information about the bridge itself:
The April 25 bridge is the last bridge before the Tejo reaches the Atlantic ocean.
It took the New Yorker Steel International Inc and its co-contractors 4 years to build this suspension bridge at a cost of 32 million US dollars. It shares quite a lot of design characteristics with the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. It was inaugurated in 1966 as the 'Salazar Bridge', named after the dictator who had it built. It was later renamed to commemorate the bloodless 'Carnation Revolution' that happened on the 25th of April 1974.
It has two decks. On the top 5 lane deck the car, buses and lorries pass and on the lower deck, the trains do. From the outset, the bridge was designed to carry a railway on the lower deck. In summer 1999 the lower railway deck was ready for use after major preparatory works which included the fitting of additional cables and the widening of the roadway to six lanes, as well as re-painting of the bridge. Due to the xtra weight, the bridge sank some centimetres. The "retro-fit" of the railway track was the largest such project undertaken on a bridge in the world.
The reason there are so many years before the work on the railway retrofitting started:
-Traffic congestion eventually got too bad – it took commuters sometimes 1,5 h to cross the Tejo. By 1996 the bridge was absorbing, with increasing difficulty, 137,000 vehicles a day, carrying 50,134,000 passengers per annum
-Government funding and public choice – the priority was given to other projects
-Discussion about a separate railway bridge - time was spend discussing the alternative – a high capacity dedicated railway bridge with better integration in the regional railway and subway network. The Seixal and Amada municipalities opted for this. Still, it is common to see queues on either side and across the bridge, despite the relief afforded by the construction of the Vasco da Gama road bridge further upstream. The building of a new railway bridge is again contemplated..
Number 151 of the Lisboa & Outra banda album here. And, ofcourse number 816 of the Minimalism / explicit graphisms album here.
A imagem retrata a Doca da Caldeirinha e o edifício azul do antigo Arsenal da Marinha, um marco histórico na frente ribeirinha de Lisboa. Originalmente "Tercenas", um estaleiro medieval, evoluiu para a "Ribeira das Naus", o maior centro de construção naval do Império Português. Destruído pelo terramoto de 1755 e reconstruído sob o plano de Eugénio dos Santos, a fachada pombalina do Arsenal é um testemunho da reconstrução da cidade. A doca, construída no século XVIII, era parte integrante do Arsenal, servindo para o reparo de pequenas embarcações e apoio logístico às atividades navais. Desativado como estaleiro no início do século XX, o complexo alberga atualmente serviços da Marinha Portuguesa, incluindo a Direção-Geral da Autoridade Marítima. A Doca da Caldeirinha, embora parcialmente desativada, foi recuperada como elemento histórico e paisagístico, refletindo a ligação secular de Lisboa ao mar e à construção naval, que moldaram a identidade económica e estratégica da cidade.
The image depicts the Caldeirinha Dock and the blue building of the former Navy Arsenal, a historic landmark on Lisbon's riverside. Originally 'Tercenas', a medieval shipyard, it evolved into the 'Ribeira das Naus', the largest shipbuilding center of the Portuguese Empire. Destroyed by the 1755 earthquake and rebuilt under the plan of Eugénio dos Santos, the Arsenal's Pombaline façade bears witness to the city's reconstruction. The dock, built in the 18th century, was an integral part of the Arsenal, serving for the repair of small vessels and logistical support for naval activities. Decommissioned as a shipyard in the early 20th century, the complex currently houses Portuguese Navy services, including the Directorate-General of the Maritime Authority. The Caldeirinha Dock, although partially deactivated, was recovered as a historical and landscape element, reflecting Lisbon's centuries-old connection to the sea and shipbuilding, which shaped the city's economic and strategic identity.
British Airways
Boeing 737-436
G-DOCA (cn 25267/2131)
Photographed at Glasgow - International (Abbotsinch) (GLA / EGPF)
UK - Scotland.
A imagem retrata a Doca da Caldeirinha e o edifício azul do antigo Arsenal da Marinha, um marco histórico na frente ribeirinha de Lisboa. Originalmente "Tercenas", um estaleiro medieval, evoluiu para a "Ribeira das Naus", o maior centro de construção naval do Império Português. Destruído pelo terramoto de 1755 e reconstruído sob o plano de Eugénio dos Santos, a fachada pombalina do Arsenal é um testemunho da reconstrução da cidade. A doca, construída no século XVIII, era parte integrante do Arsenal, servindo para o reparo de pequenas embarcações e apoio logístico às atividades navais. Desativado como estaleiro no início do século XX, o complexo alberga atualmente serviços da Marinha Portuguesa, incluindo a Direção-Geral da Autoridade Marítima. A Doca da Caldeirinha, embora parcialmente desativada, foi recuperada como elemento histórico e paisagístico, refletindo a ligação secular de Lisboa ao mar e à construção naval, que moldaram a identidade económica e estratégica da cidade.
The image depicts the Caldeirinha Dock and the blue building of the former Navy Arsenal, a historic landmark on Lisbon's riverside. Originally 'Tercenas', a medieval shipyard, it evolved into the 'Ribeira das Naus', the largest shipbuilding center of the Portuguese Empire. Destroyed by the 1755 earthquake and rebuilt under the plan of Eugénio dos Santos, the Arsenal's Pombaline façade bears witness to the city's reconstruction. The dock, built in the 18th century, was an integral part of the Arsenal, serving for the repair of small vessels and logistical support for naval activities. Decommissioned as a shipyard in the early 20th century, the complex currently houses Portuguese Navy services, including the Directorate-General of the Maritime Authority. The Caldeirinha Dock, although partially deactivated, was recovered as a historical and landscape element, reflecting Lisbon's centuries-old connection to the sea and shipbuilding, which shaped the city's economic and strategic identity.
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