In the sun-baked Alentejo region due southeast of Lisbon, the star is a body of water that has radically transformed a land long plagued by droughts: Alqueva Lake. This shimmering reservoir stretches across almost 100 square miles, making it among the largest manmade lakes in western Europe.
The historic village of Castelo Novo, in the municipality of
Fundão (Castelo Branco district), is the only Portuguese town distinguished
this year with the.
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