The Crossing of the Douro, Porto, Portugal 2025

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Following a recent trip to Portugal this year, I finally got to visit Porto, a city long on the 'bucket list' of places I wanted to visit and somewhere I had spent a great deal of time studying back in 2018 whilst working on a game to recreate one of Sir Arthur Wellesley's most accomplished victories in May 1809.



In this first post looking at out time spent in Porto, I have put together pictures of the key sights associated with the crossing by Wellesley's troops together with the earlier infamous massacre of civilians in the previous March 1809 and the disaster of the 'bridge of boats'.



If you would like to know more then just follow the link to JJ's.

https://jjwargames.blogspot.com/2025/05/jjs-on-tour-portugal-2025-lisbon-part-4.html

JJ