New images

Portugal, Alto Douro, Cachão. 2017. One of the few railway stations on the Tua railway that is still operational. Bigger part of the railroad is being submerged after the barrage in the confluence of the Tua and Douro rivers was closed in May 2016.
Portugal, Alto Douro, Abreiro. 2017. The closed railway station and bridge of Abreiro along the River Tua.
Portugal, Alto Douro. 2017. View at the River Tua valley near the former railway station of São Lourenço (marker 16) where the railway is being submerged by the rising waters after the completion of the barrage downstream.
Portugal, Alto Douro, near São Lourenço (marker 15). 2010. The Tua railway along the valley of River Tua. Six years before this natural river was turned into a storage reservoir.
Portugal, Alto Douro. 2017. View at the River Tua valley near the former railway station of São Lourenço (marker 15) where the railway is being submerged with the ballast just slipping beneath the water.
Portugal, Alto Douro, near São Lourenço. Two images stacked together to make it easier to spot the dramatic differences. The first was taken on 21 May 2010 and the second on 26 May 2017.
Portugal, Alto Douro. 2017. View at the River Tua valley near the former railway station of São Lourenço (marker 15) where the railway is being submerged with the ballast just slipping beneath the water.
Portugal, Alto Douro, near the village of Tua. 2017. Part of the abandoned Tua railway line next to the completed Foz Tua Dam. Its storage reservoir is submerging a bigger part of this historic railroad that was built in 1887.
Portugal, Alto Douro. 2017. View from the village of Talhariz towards the Foz Tua Dam near the confluence of the Rivers Tua and Douro.
Portugal, Alto Douro, near the village of Tua. 2017. The storage reservoir of the Foz Tua dam that has completely submerged the historic Tua railway. A mooring is under construction to promote tourism (sic).
Portugal, Estremadura, Cova de Iria, Fatima. 2016. A woman is being accompanied by her family carrying large candles while she crawls on her knees as penitential exercise towards the chapel at the square of the Sanctuary of Fatima with a huge crucifix on the background. On May 13, 2017 Pope Francis will attend the celebrations of the first centenary of six apparitions of the Holy Virgin Mary to three shepherd children.
Portugal, Lisbon, Belém. 2016. Visually handicapped tourists experience the maquette of the Tower of Belém on display next to the monument itself.