Cabo da Roca, Atlantic Ocean, January 2007
2006-2008. "Here... where the land ends and the sea begins." (Luis vaz de Camoes). This laconic and accurate phrase of the Portuguese 16th century poet is carved into the cross-like monument at Cabo da Roca.
Sintra is the biggest tourist destination of the four geographical ends. Cabo da Roca, the starting point of the journey for great explorers and seafarers. In front of me the Atlantic Ocean, across is America.
Azoia, 5 kilometers from Cabo da Roca. Sodade, a word that cannot be translated into any other language. I ask Maria Joaό what it means to her. "It is the feeling of loneliness that is born as you look out on the endless ocean, hoping that someone will visit you".