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How to use Douro in a sentence

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Originally the Port wines were transported to Oporto down the River Douro on boats.
Touristy but attractive, the shambolic market lends an appealing air of bustle, while the Douro slips by silently towards the Atlantic.
A whole new industry was created and the steep sides of the Douro valley terraced and planted to victual the English shires.
Further upstream, the river winds its way through the steep hills and terraced vineyards of the Upper Douro port wine region.
Much of the Douro Superior, the most easterly of the three sub-regions, is still pioneer country.
This wine comes from Portugal's Douro valley, which is famed for port.
The Tagus is the longest river in the peninsula and, like the Douro, flows westwards with its lower course in Portugal.
The presura referred to a group of peasants who crossed the mountains and settled in the abandoned lands of the Douro Basin.
The salmon river, near Colmonell, has been handed over to Lord Douro, 57, a descendant of the Duke of Wellington.
Between 572 and 574, Leovigild invaded the valley of the Douro, pushing the Suebi west and northwards.
King Alfonso began a series of campaigns to establish control over all the lands north of the Douro river.
In the Second Battle of Porto he crossed the Douro river in a daylight coup de main, and routed Marshal Soult's French troops in Porto.
The Portuguese government continues to promote and develop new tourist destinations, such as the Douro Valley, the island of Porto Santo, and Alentejo.
The repopulation of the Douro Basin took place in two distinct phases.
This newly built, 108-passenger vessel will cruise Europe's enticing Douro River Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, featuring vineyards and charming native farms.
These are the Ebro, Douro, Tagus, Guadiana and Guadalquivir.
Made by Jose Neiva of Estremadura with Australian David Baverstock, Pink Elephant Rose is a Portuguese blend of Castelao, Cabernet Sauvignonand Douro grapes.
The cultivated hillsides of the Douro river valley of Northern Portugal.
Examples from Classical Literature
On the south bank of the Douro there was probably an early Roman settlement.
O'Malley, the young Irishman who behaved so gallantly at the Douro.
All the crew of the Douro went down with her, literally without a murmur.
Your regiment is at present on the Douro, fifteen miles away.
Let the Douro descend to our Sons as we have received it from our Fathers.
By the middle of the ninth century, they reached the line of the Douro.
Of their number is the Douro, which flows by Numantia1234 and Serguntia.
The rivers Douro and Tagus were found to be rich in gold-bearing sands.
The banks of the Douro are picturesque from the very entrance.
These mountain chains divide the basin of the Ebro from that of the Douro.
It looks over the Douro river to the Ribeira, old town, with its tumble of balconied pastel-hued houses dwarfed by the cathedral and ostentatious Episcopal Palace.
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