Douro Litoral is a historical province of Portugal. It is centered at the city of Oporto. Image File history File links Provincia_Douro_Litoral. ... Image File history File links Provincia_Douro_Litoral. ... This article is about political regions. ... A modern view of the ancient city of Porto, the city that gave the name to the country. ...
The Portuguese regions of Beira Alta, DouroLitoral and Minho, situated to the north of the river Tag, preserved the relic form of the archaic style of the polyvocal song.
The latter variant was known also in DouroLitoral, but at present renditions with the participation of the fourth voice, a high falsetto known as guincho, are heard only sporadically.
In DouroLitoral the name cramol, derived from the word clamor ("a cry") is applied in reference to groups of songs.
the Spanish province of Galicia to the north and the Douro Valley to the south.
The valleys of the Douro and its tributaries are among the most spectacular landscapes in Portugal, and the Douro Valley itself, a narrow, winding gorge for the majority of its long route east to the Spanish border, is the most beautiful of all.
The Douro rail route, which joins the river about 60km inland and then sticks to it across the country, is one of those journeys that needs no justification other than the trip itself.
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