Muusa - the Muse

Kus on muusade kodu? Kui pikk tee on muusal tulla, et jõuda siia, minu maailma, sinu maailma? Mitu korda on võimalus ühel muusal üldse tulla? Kui tihti juhtub aga nii, et ta kõnnib sinust lihtsalt mööda ja sa ei märkagi seda enne kui kiires tempos kõndides mingi uiu ajel korraks pead keerad ja siis seisatad, sest sulle tundub, et üks mööda libisev kogu on nii ... tuttavlik.

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Where is the home of muses? How long is the road for a muse to come here, into my world, your world? How many chances does one have? But how often it happens that a muse just passes by and you don’t notice it until in the middle of your fast march you suddenly turn your head and you stop, because you have that strange feeling that the passing figure is so ... familiar.

 

Guimarães - Aqui nasceu Portugal

ehk "Siin sündis Portugal" on kirjutatud selles linnas ühe iidse hoone seinale. 

Linn on väga vana, asutatud u 9. sajandil ning seda peetakse Portugali "hälliks". Alguses nimetati linna aga teise nimega - Vimaranes, Vimara Peres'i järgi, kes valis naaberriikidega sõdimise ajal selle koha oma "peakorteriks". 

Guimarães'is arvatakse olevat 1109. aastal sündinud ning 1111. aastal ristitud ka Portugali esimene kuningas Alfonso I.

Guimarães on Põhja-Portugalis asuv linn, kus on praegu pisut rohkem kui 52 000 elanikku. Linna südames asuv lummav ajalooline vanalinn on võetud UNESCO kaitse alla.

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"Portugal was born here" - it is written on a wall of an old house in Guimarães. The city of Guimarães is like no other city in Portugal. Its past is so intimately intertwined with the History of Portugal that it is commonly and proudly referred to as the Cradle of the Nation. It is settled in the 9th century at which time it was called Vimaranes*. It is thought to mean “belonging to Vimara or Guimara,” this being a Germanic name of one of the area’s first lords. 

Tradition has it that the boy who would one day be crowned the first King of Portugal in 1179 was born and baptised in Guimarães in 1111.

Guimarães is located in Northern Portugal, nowadays with just a little more than 52 000 inhabitants.

*Vímara Peres was a ninth-century Iberian nobleman and the first ruler of the County of Portugal.