Sintra Mountains
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The Sintra Mountains or locally the Serra De Sintra is a mountain range in western Portugal
. Its highest point is (1,736 feet [529 m]) is near Sintra
. The range covers about 10 miles (16 km) from the resort town of Sintra to Cabo da Roca
on the Atlantic Ocean
. It was known to the Ancient World as Lunae Mons (mountains of the Moon) and was the legendary retreat of Diana the Huntress (Cynthia to the Romans, hence Çintra).
Since a long time it has been a place full of myths and legends about supernatural activities and ones without obvious explanation.
In 2009 a Portuguese television channel created a television series based on the supernatural environment that is lived in Sintra. The story, set in college in the middle of the mountain tells of an impossible love between a vampire and a human girl, but she also with supernatural powers that are being discovered throughout the episodes.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
. Its highest point is (1,736 feet [529 m]) is near Sintra
Sintra
Sintra is a town within the municipality of Sintra in the Grande Lisboa subregion of Portugal. Owing to its 19th century Romantic architecture and landscapes, becoming a major tourist centre, visited by many day-trippers who travel from the urbanized suburbs and capital of Lisbon.In addition to...
. The range covers about 10 miles (16 km) from the resort town of Sintra to Cabo da Roca
Cabo da Roca
Cabo da Roca is a cape which forms the westernmost extent of mainland Portugal and continental Europe...
on the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
. It was known to the Ancient World as Lunae Mons (mountains of the Moon) and was the legendary retreat of Diana the Huntress (Cynthia to the Romans, hence Çintra).
Since a long time it has been a place full of myths and legends about supernatural activities and ones without obvious explanation.
In 2009 a Portuguese television channel created a television series based on the supernatural environment that is lived in Sintra. The story, set in college in the middle of the mountain tells of an impossible love between a vampire and a human girl, but she also with supernatural powers that are being discovered throughout the episodes.