Vítor Ribeiro

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História, fotografia e pequenos gestos do quotidiano. Clicks & Memórias — diário visual.

The ride up the Fuente Dé cable car, in the Liébana region, takes visitors directly to the heart of the Central Massif of the Picos de Europa—known locally as the Macizo de los Urrieles—the most rugged and steep sector of this national park, where some of the highest peaks of the Cantabrian Mountains are concentrated.
The image captures the moment when Cai Guo-Qiang, one of the most influential artists in the global contemporary art scene, creates the performance “One Page”—designed specifically for the BABELL literary festival—in the sky above the Douro River.
The Guindais neighborhood stretches along the steep slope on the north bank of the Douro River in Porto, offering one of the city’s most iconic urban landscapes.
The Luís I Bridge, seen here from Travessa do Cabo Simão on the Vila Nova de Gaia side of the river, near the Infante Bridge, spans the Douro River, connecting this city to Porto.
The Rosário Bandstand, photographed in the late afternoon under the golden light of the setting sun, stands as the central feature of Largo do Coreto, in the heart of Rosário, in the parish of Gaio-Rosário, in the municipality of Moita, Setúbal District.
The Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary, in Gaio-Rosário (municipality of Moita), was commissioned in 1532 by Cosmo Bernardes de Macedo, owner of the Martim Afonso Estate and a nobleman of the Royal House, and is dedicated to St. John the Evangelist.
The Fafião River, a tributary of the Cávado River, flows through a granite landscape sculpted over millennia in the heart of the Peneda-Gerês National Park, Portugal’s only national park, established in 1971.
The Honório de Lima Colonnade, located in the center of Vila do Gerês, in the parish of Vilar da Veiga, in the heart of the Peneda-Gerês National Park, is one of the most iconic architectural features of this spa town in northern Portugal.
São Tiago Square, in the historic center of Guimarães, is an urban space of medieval origin, structured around a plaza paved with granite cobblestones and framed by a cohesive ensemble of traditional dwellings.
São Tiago Square, in the historic center of Guimarães, is a medieval square whose urban layout and surrounding buildings preserve the traditional character of the old city.
A complex of restored single-story dwellings located on Rua Eça de Queiroz, next to the Recreio do Rosário pier, in Gaio-Rosário, in the municipality of Moita, on the south bank of the Tagus estuary.
View of the Rosário recreational pier in the town of Gaio-Rosário—now part of the Union of Parishes of Gaio-Rosário and Sarilhos Pequenos, in the municipality of Moita—located on the south bank of the Tagus Estuary, within the Tagus Estuary Nature Reserve.
A walk in the vicinity of the Santa Marta Chapel in Paradela (Lugo), near the Minho River valley, where viticulture takes advantage of sun-exposed slopes and the moderating influence of the water.
A group of hikers walks along a paved trail on the banks of the Minho River, near the Santa Marta Chapel, in the municipality of Paradela, province of Lugo, Galicia, Spain.
The village of Marce is located in the municipality of Pantón, in the Ribeira Sacra region of Lugo, an area defined by the confluence of the Miño and Sil rivers and by a landscape of terraced vineyards often associated with the UNESCO World Heritage nomination.
The trail to the Fervenza de Augacaída begins near the village of Marce, in the municipality of Pantón, province of Lugo.
The Turia Gardens in Valencia are one of Spain’s largest urban parks, stretching for about nine kilometers along the former bed of the Turia River.
Inside the Lonja de la Seda in Valencia, one can see the Hall of Columns (Sala de Contratación), the functional heart of the complex built between 1482 and 1533 to support the silk trade and other commercial transactions.
Plaça de l'Ajuntament is the administrative and social heart of Valencia, located in the historic district of Ciutat Vella.
The Valencia City Hall, headquarters of the Valencia City Council, stands in Plaça de l'Ajuntament, the administrative and civic heart of the city.
The City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia is one of Europe’s largest cultural and architectural complexes, built on the former bed of the Turia River, which was diverted after the devastating flood of 1957.
The Monastery of São Miguel de Refojos, located on Praça da República in Cabeceiras de Basto, in the district of Braga, is one of the most notable examples of Baroque architecture in northern Portugal, forming part of a complex that incorporates Mannerist, Rococo, and Neoclassical elements.
The Cathedral of Braga, considered the oldest cathedral in Portugal, was founded in the 11th century, following the restoration of the Diocese of Braga in 1070 under Bishop Pedro.
The Altar of the Immaculate Conception is the second of the two side altarpieces in the nave of the Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Penha de França, located within the Vista Alegre complex in Ílhavo.
In the underground ablution room of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, the monumental brass chandelier underscores the ritual nature of the space, which is intended for the purification (wudu) that precedes prayer.
One of the elevated mezzanine galleries in the side sections of the Prayer Hall at the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca.
Bab Oudaya, also known as Bab el-Kbir, is a monumental fortified gate built around 1195 during the reign of the Almohad caliph Yaqub al-Mansur, following the victory at Alarcos.
The Mausoleum of Mohammed V stands on the esplanade of the Hassan Tower in Rabat, the capital of Morocco, within the same historic complex where the columns and minaret of the Almohad mosque—begun by Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur in the late 12th century—remain unfinished.
Bab Bou Jeloud, commonly known as the “Blue Gate,” is the monumental western entrance to Fes el-Bali, the medieval medina of Fez, which has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981.
A small square located immediately after passing through Bab Bou Jeloud, known as the Blue Gate, which serves as the main western entrance to Fes el Bali, the ancient walled medina of Fez, in Morocco.
One of the access wells (or “necks”) of the Jorf khettara system, near the village of Fezna, is located in the Drâa-Tafilalet region in southeastern Morocco.
The ksar of Aït-Ben-Haddou, in the Ounila Valley (southern Morocco), stands along the ancient caravan route that connected the Sahara to Marrakesh through the High Atlas.
On a corner of Rte Dar Daou in Marrakesh, a small shop displays bags of spices, dried herbs, and tea blends, arranged in fabric pouches and palm-leaf baskets, in a setting typical of the street commerce found in the medina’s souks.
At a street-level store in the Rte Dar Daou neighborhood of Marrakesh, the façade serves as a continuous storefront, blurring the boundary between interior and exterior and making the display of objects an integral part of the architecture itself.
Two historic trams from the Hills Tramcar Tour sightseeing line, operated by Yellow Bus Tours—a company within the Carris group—are parked next to Praça do Comércio in Lisbon.
Praça do Município, in Lisbon’s historic center, is one of the Portuguese capital’s most iconic civic spaces, dominated by the City Hall building and the pillory located on its south side.
A narrow street in Linhares da Beira, in Guarda, one of Portugal’s Historic Villages, where the medieval urban fabric is evident in the close proximity of the facades, the irregular layout, and the granite cobblestone pavement.
The Royal Palace of Madrid, located in the Spanish capital, is the monarch’s official residence, although it is currently used primarily for state ceremonies, since the Royal Family resides at the Zarzuela Palace.
The Arab baths at the Royal Monastery of Santa Clara in Tordesillas are part of the former Mudejar palace built by Alfonso XI on the site of an earlier Islamic palace known as Pelea de Benimerín.
Beneath the arcades of the Plaza del Corrillo, in the historic center of Salamanca, a porticoed corridor can be seen that evokes the medieval urban fabric that predated the construction of the nearby Plaza Mayor, completed in the 18th century.
The Library of the National Palace of Mafra is one of the most remarkable bibliographic spaces of the European Baroque period.
The Hunting Room at the National Palace of Mafra, also known as the Trophy Room, is located on the main floor of the complex commissioned by King João V beginning in 1717 and designed by the German architect João Frederico Ludovice.
The Puerta de Alcalá, located in Madrid’s Plaza de la Independencia, is one of the Spanish capital’s most iconic neoclassical monuments.
Spiaggia Grande is the main beach in Positano, one of the most iconic towns on the Amalfi Coast in southern Italy, which has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1997 as part of the “Amalfi Coast” site.
The neoclassical façade of the Spanish Congress of Deputies, also known as the Palace of the Cortes, stands in the Plaza de las Cortes in Madrid and serves as the seat of the lower house of the Spanish Cortes Generales.
Inside this cave dwelling, now a museum in the Sassi di Matera, one can see an ancient room carved directly into the local limestone, now arranged as an exhibition space that evokes the domestic and storage functions of these troglodyte dwellings in the Murgia di Matera.
In the lower part of Positano, next to Spiaggia Grande, the urban fabric is organized into terraces and stairways that connect the beach to the houses and the religious center.
Partial view of the Gallery of Kings at the Palace of the Marquises of Fronteira, in São Domingos de Benfica, Lisbon, which houses one of the most significant collections of 17th-century secular tilework in Portugal, although some panels have been restored or completed at a later date.
In the village of Capela, in the municipality of Penafiel, the Museu da Broa features a complex of six restored and still-operational water mills, situated along a watercourse carved into granite outcrops.
In the pedestrian tunnel beneath the A52 highway on-ramp, in the Camiño Vía Vella–Puente area of Ourense, Galicia, this urban art mural covers a concrete panel marked by joints and anchor holes—features typical of road infrastructure.
The Albergaria Forest, in the heart of the Peneda-Gerês National Park, in the municipality of Terras de Bouro, is today one of the most important native oak forests in the northwestern part of the Iberian Peninsula, forming part of the Palheiros and Albergaria forest complex.
The façade of the church at the Monastery of San Paio de Antealtares, in Santiago de Compostela, is part of a Benedictine monastic complex founded in the 9th century on the initiative of Alfonso II of Asturias, associated with the care of the tomb of St. James the Apostle.
The Holy Door of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, in the Praza da Quintana, is one of the most symbolic entrances to the Jacobean shrine, blending Baroque architecture with the tradition of the Jubilee.
On Rua Longa, in the historic center of Padrón (Galicia), the “Casa do concello” sign indicates the proximity of the municipal building and highlights the administrative function of this urban section.
A rustic stone bridge in the village of Agra, in the parish of Rossas, in the municipality of Vieira do Minho, set in a rural landscape associated with the local recreational area and the Ave River valley.
A group of dwellings with a predominantly circular floor plan at the Castro de São Lourenço, a fortified settlement occupied since the Iron Age, located on the hill of the same name in the parish of Vila Chã, municipality of Esposende, district of Braga.
The Ponte Vecchio, which spans the Arno River in Florence, is the city’s oldest surviving bridge and one of the few examples in Europe of a medieval bridge that was once inhabited and has remained intact to this day.
A covered public passageway that follows the route of the Vasari Corridor in the historic center of Florence.
The image captures the distinctive vertical architecture of Riomaggiore, one of the five villages that make up the Cinque Terre on the Ligurian coast, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997, along with Portovenere and the islands of Palmaria, Tino, and Tinetto.