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From MARINHA GRANDE, drive SE to a place called Porto de Mos, where you can visit the Grutas de Mira de Aire
These grottos are huge! Walk down a thousand and more steps to the bottom of the grotto (more than 100 meters underground). Leave a Comment Address: Porto de Mos, near the Parque Aquatica.
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Opened in September 2005, Crisform is a glass school, where you may, not only watch the teachers and students demonstrate all the techniques of glass manufacturing, but even try them by yourself (if you find me there and identify yourself as VTer).
In the main lobby there's a permanent exhibition, with interactive experiments. In a comfortable auditorium, you may see a film explaining the techniques of glass production, with images from all the local factories. Leave a Comment
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Centrally located, it's very interesting for two reasons: An excellent collection of glass artifacts, and the palace, built immediately after Lisbon's earthquake. The fear of the owner, who lost almots all his possessions in %L[http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/9eab8/45daa/
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From MARINHA GRANDE, drive east to a small town called 'Fatima'
This town was unknown to the world until a holy miracle happened here: the Virgin Mary appeared to two young Portuguese children and revealed three mysteries. Fatima is also known for its tasteless souvenirs. You can also check out a large piece of the Berlin Wall there. Leave a Comment Address: 1 hour's drive east of Marinha Grande.
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Right in the historical complex in the center of town, a new building was built to install the library, causing some controversy: some people say it is well conceived and integrated in the style of the whole, some other claim that it is a mistake, sacrificing old construction, and chocking visually. I'm not an expert, can't take position. But the building, surely, can't be unnoticed, and I don't dislike it. Leave a Comment
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Trying to embellish the town, a large area of land belonging to the former glass factory, was transformed in a wide and cool park. Still waiting for the shades of the growing trees, it is already a place for a relaxing rest. And I know some more projects for the area, that I will not say, so you must check it locally. Leave a Comment
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From the large buildings of a former glass factory, the local authorities made a wide and versatile exhibition hall, where everything can happen, since rally park and control to sport training. Exhibitions, convivial dinners, Christmas celebrations, fashion events, whatever you think, that's the place, in Marinha Grande. Right now, art is the subject, but lots of the city's life is concentrated here. Leave a Comment
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In the Portuguese capital of glass, the common sense demanded a glass monument. And it came, recently. Celebrating the Rotary Association, a glass column 7 meters high and weighing almost 4 tons, is one of the biggest glass monuments in the world. It can be seen close to the center of town. Leave a Comment
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Glass is married with Marinha Grande. To celebrate the marriage, each even year the expose the best artistic works they can gather. It's an interesting cultural event, always growing in quality and dimension, that runs from September to the end of October. In 2006, the featured artist was Olinda Colaço, a local painter with a long and remarkable career in glass painting.
In 2008 the featured artis is Guilherme Correia (and Olinda Colaço shines with a composition of pâte-de-verre made in Crisform) Leave a Comment Address: Parque Municipal de Exposições, Marinha Grande
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