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2021 Oct. A plain grey concrete building is transformed by a vibrant mural of white background almost entirely covered with a mix of black, primary, and pastel-colored checks, swirls, droplets, starbursts, geometrics, and "biologics": Vines twining about.
2021 Oct. Re: The word "Shake", at the left of the mural, a sign "Shake Shack" appears. I did not go in, but perhaps the building holds a malted shop. (ie. milkshake, burgers, and fries)
"The Battle of Valdevez / Torneio de Arcos de Valdevez took place at Arcos de Valdevez ... between the Kingdom of León and the Kingdom of Portugal in the summer of 1140 or 1141. ... An armistice signed after the battle eventually became the Treaty of Zamora (1143), and ended Portugal's first war of independence. The area of the battle became known as the Veiga or Campo da Matança, the "field of killing". " (wikipedia, 2023 Aug 08)
"...it is believed that in order to eliminate the possibility of a mêlée, each monarch selected knights for individual jousting matches...The need to deal with an Almoravid invasion of the south of his territory may have forced Afonso of Portugal to accept a tournament. Valdevez exemplifies the tendency, noted by Philippe Contamine, of medieval battles between knights to descend "into a sort of great tourney, half serious, half frivolous...many prisoners were taken but few lives lost.'...The Portuguese succeeded in gaining the advantage, by the laws of chivalry of the time...Under these circumstances a peace was concluded and prisoners exchanged." (wikipedia, 2023 Aug 08)