308 B.C. - Foundation of the Town of Obidos by the Celts.
Obidos was given as a wedding present to the Queen and from then on became part of the dowry of all Portuguese Queens until 1834.
She orders the construction of the Chapel of St. Vincent, later the Church of St. John, institutes in this chapel the Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit and orders the building of houses near to the chapel for the curing of the leprous.
Easily reached by road (and in most cases by train) from Lisbon, the towns of Obidos, Nazaré, Batalha, Fátima and Tomar are all well-worth a visit during any stay or tour in the country.
Set in magnificent countryside well-known for some fine white wines, Obidos is a historical and picturesque walled village.
Obidos can be over-run with day-trippers, it is best to visit during the week or spend a night or two to enjoy its charms: white-washed houses complete with painted blue and yellow borders and colorful bougainvillea.
There are only a handful of programmers and applications folks who know what "Obidos" means, and I'm afraid that that information is, also, proprietary.
Every time I've seen obidos in an Amazon URL I think of "Abydos", one of the planets visited on the "Stargate" TV series and the movie.
Obidos is a port city on the Amazon river in Brazil, and the name of the machine that runs the book database.
Antennas, telephone cables and modern illumination have been completely removed inside the village thus giving us the feeling of living in another time and enjoying the beauty, the peacefulness of a Middle Age village.
The village of Obidos is situated along the seashore of the Atlantic Ocean, around 80 km to the north of Lisbon.
Between the seashore and the Castle of Óbidos we find the beautiful lagoon, Lagoa de Óbidos, exhibiting its exhilarating multicolor reflexes of light and reaching its climax of beauty at the sunset.
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A visit to the walled town of Obidos is a must for not only the history and views from the castle walls but also for the shopping in the narrow cobbled streets.
Obidos dates from 300 BC and a world heritage town with narrow streets leading to a castle at the top of the hill surrounded by a walled town.
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Near Óbidos, many chapels, churches and ancient manor houses can be seen, such as the convent of São Miguel das Gaeiras and Quinta das Janelas, but visitors often prefer the marvellous nature sites around the Lagoa de Óbidos, a lagoon where almost all water sports can be practised, as well as fishing.
Obidos: Ceiling painting (Antecamara of the Main Entrance) 06
I’ve been seeing it for years, and always thought it was odd, but never knew what it was.
Well, according to Joel Spolsky’s book, “obidos” (little “o”) is Amazon’s custom-built e-commerce system that they’ve been laboring over since they launched in the mid-90s.
And it’s called that because “Obidos” (big “O”) is a port city on the eastern coast of Brazil next to the mouth of the…Amazon River.
Obidos, Centre, Portugal - Tourism Information and guide
Once the wedding present of a queen, the preserved medieval town of Óbidos lying 100 km north of Lisbon is without doubt one of Portugal's most classic walled settlements.
Also worth seeing are the works of Josefa de Óbidos (a 17th century artist that lived most of her life here), displayed in the Municipal Museum
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From the crenellated ramparts of the achingly picturesque walled village of Obidos, the view extends over an ocean of red tile roofs clear back to 1218.
That’s when King Dinis presented the strategic port to his bride Isabel of Aragon as a wedding present.
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