Nations’ Park

Gamers Inside

November 9, 2009
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Though the most famous casino in the Lisbon area is Casino Estoril (Estoril is a village probably known to you, because the F1 portuguese grand prix used to take place there), the company that owns Casino Estoril, recently built a new one, located in the Nations’ Park. It was inaugurated in April, 2006. This Casino [...]

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Marble Walls and Steel Bars

November 6, 2009
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I can’t easily define this photo. It is too complex graphically speaking. If you look at it, there are several textures, colors, straight lines, curved lines, dark areas, light areas… I mean, it’s a total mess! A chaos if you will. But sometimes the chaos works, and in my opinion this one works. The patterns [...]

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Kiss from a Rose in the Rain

November 6, 2009
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The name of this building is Pavilhão Atlântico, and it is a multipurpose space, mostly used for music concerts. The truth is that the roof of this building is dark grey, not pink, and the stone steps are white, not blue. But I prefer these colors for the impact they give to the photo. First [...]

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Late Night Shopping

November 3, 2009
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You know… In Portugal burocracy is such a pain!!! I mean, this country is not the USA, or the UK, or any of the G8 for sure… Portugal has no political, nor economical influence. In fact Portugal has no international relevant agenda on anything, really. Now get this: I went to a very famous train [...]

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First Lights of Autumn

November 3, 2009
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This building’s design was inspired in a cruise ship, and its shape resembles an upper deck. It’s one of two identical buildings, standing next to each other. In the middle of them there is a Shopping Center called Vasco da Gama. This is just a building, and I’m not quite fond of architectural photography though [...]

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Distortion Effect

November 3, 2009
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Near Lisbon, to the North, there’s a place called Parque das Nações, which literally means Nations’ Park. In 1998 the Expo’98 took place there, and several infrastructures were built from scratch. Today it is a complex where business and leisure walk side by side. Some of the attractions built in 1998 were these water pyramids. [...]

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