Museum of Sacred Art
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Museum installed in the ancient CHURCH COLLEGE of SAINT PETER with a collection based on a rich ecclesiastical heritage of the district under jursidiction of the Dean of Moura, bringing together more than a century of restored works of art from the Fifth Century to the present.
Malencarados garden in Moura, Portugal is a beautifull garden with many flowers and two lakes with fi...
The big house of a single compartment. A long corridor. In the background two large levers, built wit...
Dr. Santiago garden in Moura, Portugal is a beautifull garden with many flowers and two lakes with fi...
Garden in Moura, Portugal is a beautifull garden with many flowers and two lakes with fish and ducks,...
Convento do Carmo in the town of Moura, it was the first establishment of the Carmelite Order in the ...
Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.
The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.
Don't be confused that Europe is called a continent without looking like an island, the way the other continents do. It's okay. The Ural mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years. Russia technically inhabits "Eurasia".
Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights.
In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states.
Text by Steve Smith.
