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News channel or source: https://www.newsday.com/sports/religion-surfing-church-portugal-beaches-waves-y63663
Published on: Wednesday 28 August 2024
PORTO, Portugal — Porto takes pride in its beaches, old churches covered in blue-and-white tiles and its famous port wine named after the city in northern Portugal. It’s also home to a different kind ...
News Portugal » Porto » Religion: Porto celebrates the summer and a beloved saint with plastic hammers, sardines and leeks
News channel or source: https://religionnews.com/2025/06/25/porto-celebrates-the-summer-and-a-beloved-saint-with-plastic-hammers-sardines-and-leeks/
Published on: Wednesday 25 June 2025
PORTO, Portugal (AP) — On Porto’s steep streets, several thousands of people celebrated the summer in the way the city has been doing it for decades and centuries: by bonking friends and strangers ...