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Rural life in Alentejo
A cobbled street leading down from Marvão’s castle
COMPILED BY RORY GOULDING, WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM REGIS ST LOUIS. PHOTOGRAPHS: MICHAEL HOWARD/4CORNERS, MATT MUNRO
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