Portugal - Aveiro ( Venice of Portugal ) drone aerial view скачать в хорошем качестве

Portugal - Aveiro ( Venice of Portugal ) drone aerial view

Aveiro is a medium town of around 55,000 people that grew up around its thriving port. Established in Roman times, Aveiro was initially known as Aviarium, meaning, "a gathering place or preserve of birds". As you would expect of a coastal town with good shelter for boats fishing was an important acitivity from the beginning. In fact the cod fishing grounds off the coast of Newfoundland were discovered by João Afonso, a son of Aveiro. Whilst much of the outskirts of Aveiro are fairly mundane and industrial the old town centre is well worth a visit. Dubbed 'The Venice of Portugal', the town has both canals and gondola like boats - it has to be admitted, the link is a little tenuous though! The boats are known as barcos moliceiros and are in fact the traditional flat bottomed boats used for collecting seaweed from the lagoon, they are also sail powered. Possibly the best view in Aviero is the view along the canalside by the fish market where tiled cottages face each other across the canal and barcos moliceiros are moored alongside.