Berlengas
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The Berlengas are a Portuguese archipelago consisting of small Atlantic islands 10 to 17 kilometres off the coast of Peniche, Portugal, in the Oeste region. These islands were traditionally known to B
Panoramic view of Berlengas islands.
The historic penal colony: the Fort of São João Baptista das Berlengas
The fishermen houses in the Berlenga Grande Island are the only dwellings in the archipelago.
Farilhões-Forcados Islets seen from Berlenga Grande
Baal
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Baal, or Ba'al, was a title and honorific meaning "owner" or "lord" in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during antiquity. From its use among people, it came to be applied to gods.
Berlengas
…Vikings and privateers. The islands are thought to be a former sacred place adopted by the Phoenicians in the first millennium BC where the cult of Baal–Melqart was celebrated. In 1513, with the support of Queen Eleanor of Viseu, monks from the Order of São Jerónimo established a settlement on the island…
Baal with Thunderbolt stele from Ugarit (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
Bronze figurine of Baal, 14th–12th century BC, found at Ras Shamra (ancient Ugarit) near the Phoenician coast (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
Solid cast bronze of a votive figurine representing Baal discovered at Tel Megiddo, dating to the mid-2nd millennium BC (Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, Chicago, Illinois)