Lindoso

During the hundreds of kilometers I did this weekend in the interior of northern Portugal, I found this pretty village in Minho on the border of Orense (Spain). The village consists of typical old houses (mainly granite) and agricultural and livestock facilities. I noticed an old castle, or fort, that's now an interesting museum, and a large plaza full of barns they call "espigueiros" (I've never saw so many barns together) between the fort and the stone cross. The Upper Reservoir of Lindoso runs for hundreds of kilometers and enables the hydroelectric development of the entire region, it's of great beauty, although water levels have dropped tremendously.