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I might add....Potrugal is a gift for entire human race.. I just hope that preserving its rich historical heritage, own distinctive culture& languege will permit this proud nation to overcame the hurdles of today....

This is AWESOME I’m Portuguese grew up in Portugal and now living in NY ! Thanks for caring about the history, traditions and culture you have a beautiful family!

This guy most more about Portugal and its History than the 80% of the Portuguese, and I am Portuguese. Well done!

Thank you! Your piece left a lump in my throat.❤️ I left for the USA when I was 13 and returned to Portugal (finally) 42 years later, 3 yrs ago; better late than never. Even though there are plenty of problems here, seeing your amazing video, reminds me everyday of how proud I am of my little/big country, its history, people, traditions, and great its simple beauty too. Thank you for loving this land as yours, because it is yours too. I hope you & family can eventually come up further North, to Minho where 🇵🇹 started and where the legacy of the Celts, Romans and Suebi lives and in my ADN heritage too. May you & your lovely family be blessed, and may you enjoy many more gorgeous days in this special land of ours. 🤗🎈❤️🇵🇹

As a portuguese I can certainly appreciate the way this video was made. So carefully done, with both the scenery and sights, and then with the accompanying narration, as well as the background music. I think that sometimes foreigners are the ones who remind us of our own culture and history, and teach us to appreciate them more. I am quite interested in History (and in Portuguese History), but there were many details here that I didn't know about. Thanks and looking forward to another one! BTW, I'm impressed with your portuguese!

thanks for the video!....Portugal a country full of history that unfortunately was forgotten in the history of the world.

As a Portuguese person I apreciated this video very much. Is a weird and amazing thing to see your own country by the eyes of others . I'm from the central region and this video shows perfectly what I feel about my region. My home village still has 2 active shepherds but they are getting old and with no one to replace them bc it is extreme hard work for little pay. Viriato is the reason why so many of us refer to ourselves as "lusitanos". We may not know all the names of our kings, but everyone knows whom Viriato was. Fun fact:I can trace my family tree in my village (and around) to the early 13th century bc it was when our local, still active church was first build and they have birth, marriage and death dates/names in the church books.

devem apresentar este documentario á televisão pública portuguesa.

LUSITANIAN & GALICIAN CELTIC POWER. Awesome video.

Incredible video Thank you so much to show the people and me as a portuguese living in germany the roots and history from my country Portugal. Thank you so much guys. I wish you and your family all the best. 🕊🙏🏽 Please visit Bragança, Vila Real and Óbidos. It’s my region. The castles are amazing and the history from there to. And if you visit Bragança don’t forget to try a posta a mirandesa.

Dear Dane and Jillie, my husband and I are in Awe of your documentary Land of Legends. As previously commented the public Portuguese television should be given the opportunity to promote your incredible work. I was born about 10 km from Monsanto, and I am familiar with Castelo Novo, Penha Garcia and Serra da Gardunha. Thanks for bringing the history of this area to life. We are sharing your video with all our family and friends. We have lived in Vancouver Canada, for 51 years, but are planning to spend more time in Portugal. This video; will be our flagship to entice our friends to visit. Please keep producing videos like this. Thank you!

Found this video by chance. Didn't anticipate it would be this great! I got to learn about Portuguese traditions, culture, history and festivals. I have been to Lisbon and Porto but this video has enlightened me that there are many more places than typical touristy cities and places in Portugal. Would visit rural Portugal on my next visit. Thanks for sharing your videos and looking forward to watching more of these travel documentaries!!!

Absolutamente fabuloso este trabalho...muitos parabéns

This was a fantastic love letter to Portugal! My husband and I happily spent our Saturday evening enjoying this, being drawn in, dreaming along with the stories, and reveling in the lush and ancient landscapes. Thank you so much for making this! We are eagerly hoping to see more.

There are two words, MUITO OBRIGADO!

Thank you Dane, Jillie and boys… for the best video on the central and northern Portuguese countryside and its legacy from prehistory until the present. We at present are charting a March 2022 tour of the Aldeias Históricas of the Castelo Branco and Guarda regions… my husband, Milguel, a dear friend and myself, Thais da Rosa will add Castelo Novo. Your knowledge and enthusiasm of this part of Portugal is infectious and inspiring. How fortunate the boys are to have you as parents. They will surely become worthy men with adventurous warrior hearts. The disappearance of shepherding is indeed sad but, it might revive?!

Incredible awe inspiring video. My Portuguese ancestors never seize to amaze me. Nosso povo, nao so herois do mar, mas da terra tambem! Obrigado.

Thank you for showing the real Portugal and playing our traditional celtic music which has been part of our history for millenium!

This is incredible! I’ve been searching for something like this on Portugal. A long form documentary that preserves the current culture of the villages while weaving in the history of the same places. Brilliantly done.

@Dane and Jillie I born and raised in Leiria, and now I live in Roseville, California. I miss my country 😭. I love History of Portugal my country. I live in the US for more than 24 year's. Thanks for this beautiful documentary. Estou a matar saudades. 😃😃😃😂😂

As we are researching Portugal as a possibility for early retirement - this was timely, and very well done. I'm not much for videos of Lisboa tours, this is the stuff that is important and interesting. Having a sense of a place starts in the history in the country.

i've traveled all over the world, but i'll never forget the time i took a train from Coimbra to the Algarve during the springtime. it was one of the most beautifully scenic experiences ive ever witnessed. it was like being in Hobbit country.

Many thanks to you for this wonderful video....Indeed Portugal& People of the western part of Europe deserve our admiration....a real NATION ....

I love your videos! I also love history and travel, which is why I think they are so great! They also go deep with cultural information, and you use great, authentic time-period music. I am stuck in cold, boring Wisconsin at the moment, but I lived in Austria for 16 years, and I would love to retire to Portugal. Unfortunately my family is not yet on board with that. I would love to know how you grew up in Portugal, yet have a perfect American accent. I would also love to know how you came to live on that awesome self-sustaining farm in Spain. And where your family is from in the states, if that is the case. Please make more videos! I have watched all of these at least twice. It helps me combat my cabin fever.

Such a inspiring video, I liked it, I shared it, one more follower. Thank you, from a Portuguese, keep it up guys.. Viva Portugal! Viva o sangue Lusitano.

Em menos de 10 minutos temos Albaluna e Trabucos, pão com chouriço e hidromel. Melhor começo era impossível

This is a great channel, I appreciate the diverse regions of Iberia you show 🌲🌲🌲🌳

What a gem of a video. Beautiful family. Thank you for sharing 👏🏼😁

Nearly a year after watching this I’m still thinking about it. This belongs in Netflix’s library. I hope to see more content from this fantastic channel.

Obrigada por ter percebido e mostrado a essência do Povo Português!

A lovely and beautifull family. You have the Portuguese spirit. This is your country too...you are our family too....

Such a cool documentary. Thank you Dane and Jillie for your efforts in making this wonderful documentary of Portuguese history and culture. I am a Portuguese born in South African and now living in Canada, and I've always been fascinated by my heritage. This was a fascinating and moving film. Thanks again.

Excelente!!! Obrigado por partilharem o vosso amor pelo nosso (também vosso) país.

Little do people know that Portugal was founded with help of the Knights Templar and because of that the Portuguese Crown helped the Knights Templar when they were hunted down by the French and the Vatican and began a new Order called Ordem de Cristo. Dom Gualdim Pais was a Portuguese Templar "working" for the Portuguese King D. Afons Henriques and founder of the city Tomar. Like you said, Portugal has a very rich but also dark history.

Dear Dane and Jillie, I want to greet both of you for your remarkable knowledge about the portuguese history. Absolutely astonishing. There are many, many, many portuguese people which they don't know an tiny part of what you know. It seems that you allready live here im Portugal for a long period of time. Am I right? During your stay, please take the best that Portugal has to offer.

really nice documentary, very different from the usual travel vlog crap you see around about Portugal! i really enjoyed watching someone explaining Portugal's proto-history - which in my opinion is as interesting as the later Discoveries period - but often overlooked. keep them coming, just subscribed.

You have a true gift for filming; so entertaining and educational. Beautiful family, oh, and by the way you look cool in that vest.

This documentary is so amazing! It makes me very proud to see my culture and country being celebrated with so mush joy and enthusiasm! Just incredible!!!

Thank you for sharing your vedio I really like this beautiful country Portugal 🇵🇹 I wish I can visit someday anyway have a wonderful day and God bless you always keep safe 😊❤🙏☺

The most beautiful video in youtube amazing job

Wonderful and beautiful film, thank you so much for creating making and sharing. Lizzie Bristol UK

Muito obrigado pelo excelente trabalho!

I am speechless. Thank you soo much for this. 🥰

Orgulho tuga sempre. ❤

Nice video,I loved every second of it.I'm a history fan too.I was born in a little village close to the Serra da Estrela mountains it's the last village of the Castelo Branco district,called Sobral de São Miguel,40km to the west of Castelo Novo.A couple of years ago i came across a book called "the First Templar Nation" by an American called Freddy Silva and he has Portuguese ancestry.the author spent years digging in the National Archives in Lisbon and monasteries,and he came across ancient original documents proving that the Templars were founded 7 years before their until now accepted founding date,and 2 of the founders were Portuguese knights.When Afonso Henriques became King he signed with a Seal that basically says that Afonso was King of portugal and if you study the seal you will see that what is also said is that portugal became the Port of the Grail,the Holy Grail.Remember the Da Vinci Code,well Portugal was founded by Templars and their mission was to protect the Holy Bloodline,Portugal was never meant to be a Catholic country if it was up to the first King.,and as you know the Templars were a hush hush organization,and so was the Portuguese state up to the late 1800 when queen Mary abolished all religious and military orders,btw the first 8 Kings of Portugal were all excomunicated by the Vatican hehehe research some of these new facts discovered by Freddy Silva,like the seal or just type Portugraal in Google and see for yourself!! Have fun,I was so curious that i spent 3 months from October to December 2020 going from monastery to monastery looking for the signs especially in Batalha and Tomar,and i found proof and it is there for everyone to see.Enjoy!! Ps. are you Americans??You have a beautiful familly congrats!! check out the link it's in English. www.invisibletemple.com/knights-templar-secret.html

Great work amigo. Muito bom, excellent.

What an amazing job, seeing this tears of joy ran down, proud of our heritage seeing that someone from outside is giving more importance to this country than many from inside. Thank you.

Loved this so much

MORE, MORE, MORE.

Loved the pace of the documentary. Really interesting . The town's look so intriguing. Great job.

Great video, my wife is from that area of Idanha a Nova ,we enjoyed so much your documentry. keep up the great work of Portugal history.

Well done! Enjoyed watching, thankyou for making this. Your Portuguese is amazing!

Outstanding, love the production value in the Open seen. This is what I love to see about Portugal that not too many people show or speak about. Having Galician roots my selft.

WOW! WOW! I am speechless watching this video. This is very different from other channels that cover Portugal. I love ancient history. Dan and Jillie did a great job shared the stories. The boys are so cute and they were into the festivals. Sir Dan, well done on the beginning of movie until your wife interrupted it 😂. I am impressed with Dan’s Portuguese. I hope you will continue to share history and act out the ancient story. We will be moving to Portugal in 2023 and we can’t wait to visit these towns. Just subscribed.

This is actually a really good documentary

Amazing and stunning for such small country,GOD bless you and your family.

You have catch everything that made us so proud of our country and our history and what is to be portuguese, once again congrats. Just perfect.

Thank you for making this wonderful film about my country.

Obrigado Dane and Jillie por mostrar as belezas do meu amado Portugal, por tentar entender o espírito dos Lusitanos os seus costumes, a sua história as suas gentes. Este é o verdadeiro Portugal 🇵🇹,. Pois aquele que muitas das vezes vemos apresentado é o Portugal para consumo de turista, “ é um Portugal fast food” Não sei qual é a vossa profissão, mas este documentário está com uma altíssima qualidade, melhor que muitos feitos por profissionais da área televisiva. Bem ajam

Love love love!!!

Belo documentário. Praia Grande é a minha p raia eheheh. Um olá de Sintra

Just one word to express my appreciation about your video: wonderful

Thanks a lot from Massachusetts USA. Enjoyed your film/documentary very much. I was raised in the town of Montalegre that also has a beautiful castle..... miss it terribly !!! Enjoyed the passion with which you speak of Viriato and the Lusitanians. I just wanted to mention that the Lusitanians were so successful at fighting off the powerful Roman legions because of their unique ways of warfare and tricks they employed - when the Roman legions would pass or march on a road, the Lusitanians were always waiting in higher ground and throw bee hives as bombs. The legions would disperse in no time and then they would attack with their favorite weapon the "falcata", which is a short sword designed for decapitations. They were also unique in the fact that 2 men would ride the same horse in open battle fields, one was only focused in driving the horse, the other was only focused in fighting, and thus, had a higher success rate in decimating the Roman legions. I find it fascinating stuff.

This was incredible. Just took me to another place and time, and loved the way you discussed the history and culture.

thank you for this wonderful informative culture-filled journey that is your heartfelt love letter to the traditions, pride and charm of a magical region and people 🙏🏻 "i want to learn the story of the land and the people from the places where things have changed the least - and most of the time that's the countryside..."

Onírico. Muito obrigado!

I like this very much. Fam. vacation, history and promoting the inlands of Portugal with their hidden gems like the natural swiming"pools". Very fun to watch. Muito obrigado!!

Very nice footage I'm hoping to visit monsanto soon I'm from Minho up north but love the whole place.

Thank you, for this moment of my history.

I smashed the like button as a proud son of generations born under those granite slabs (Penamacor). However, this clip is no match against your beautiful family. History seems long and distant, but the future is assured thanks to Lusitanians parents like Dane and Jillie. Bem Haja!

Really funny today i was there with my bike 😅💪im from setubal the city nearby 🇵🇹✌️great video

Great story telling. Makes me miss Portugal so much and adds many more spots to my bucket list. If all goes well, moving there this summer. Please keep making videos like this!

Actually, I'm Portuguese, born and raised here, I was surprised when I took a test ADN on MyHeritage and it gave 75 percent Irish and Scottish.👍

Loved this, absolutely great. Please make more videos like this one.

Loved watching this beautifully done documentary. Thank you both.

WONDERFULL !!!... THANK YOU !!!... 💕

I really enjoy watching this, Incredibly well made. I’m Portuguese living in Switzerland. Thank you

Brilliant! I´ve loved this video so much, the content and the flow of the ancient history with a nowdays true FAMILY, is so inspiring... This is my dream of how to live and learn with each other. The videography is fenomenal. One more Sub. Parabéns Dane & Jillie (&Family).

Obrigado amigo

Os vossos vídeos são fantásticas aulas sobre a história de Portugal. Tivemos um fabuloso historiador, chamado professor José Hermano Saraiva, Ainda podemos ver muitos vídeos dele no youtube...👍👍👍

Loved the intro scene 1. Fabulous shots and editing.

Great vídeo !... 👍👍👍

Hey! Greetings from Termas de Monfortinho. Live here since April 2020. I borned in Germany!

Interesting...

Muito bom. Diferente do resto. Congratulations

love it make me want to visit all those places alll the best for u and your family

Such a good documentary! Beautiful shots. You should post it on reddit or sth :) Thank you for making this

this is a lovely travel! I liked the spontaneous scenes, they are beautiful :)

You and your lovely family are marvelous. Warms my heart. This video is making me feel so good about myself, and making me feel so happy for you, guys. Sejam muito felizes em Portugal 🎉🎉🎉🍻🍻🍻♥️♥️♥️

Very interesting; very educational! Thanks a million.

Bom trabalho! Simples, com harmonia e transmite uma mensagem forte. Há uma parte da nossa história que corre nas nossas veias e precisa de ser revisitada.

Good video and good editing. You managed to capture the soul of my people, of which you are already a part. Keep up the good work. I'm waiting for episode 2 ... :)

Thank you for the great video it gave me tears of joy seeing how great life is in Portugal. I miss Portugal very much and hope to move back to Portugal as soon as possible. Keep making these videos please.

Great video! One more subscriber ;)

Great work, congrats from here 👌

Since you love history, I'd advise you guys to visit Tongobriga, near Entre os Rios, which are the ruins of a Celtic and Roman settlement. Another interesting spot to visit is the Castro de São Lourenço in Esposende. Esposende is also a nice city to visit.

Perfect 🇵🇹👌

Awesome journey!

Excelente produção e montagem...

Great video, I'm of Portugese decent born in canada yet I can read and speak Portugese. in our family my grandfather born 1872-1965, was never addressed by his name directly. My relatives and friends from the area he lived in portugal always refered to him as Dom Antonio Miranda. my brother born in portugal remembers running around the vast Orchards grandfather had, as well as cattle lands and a Bullfighting ranch. we often teased our parants about the stories we'd hear. But little by little we've come to realize theres some truth to it all. In 2017 my wife (Canadian) bought us flights to portugal saying time you connect with your ancestry. As we walked around the Museum a museum curator hears me reading in portugese, he says wow so you speak our lauguage! so I explained to him in the process he recongnized my dilect. Asked me what were my family names Vieira & Miranda I told him. Well he tells me your background is firmly intrench in our history for both those names are on the ceiling in Sintra place as part of the 72 names of portugals nobility! so we checked it out and Wow it was true. Since then we've done more research, we have a family ring thats been estamated at around 300-350 years old of Iberian origin at a Museum. they asked my brother if he was Spanish he said no portugese! Aw!... there you go same thing Iberain, this is 24 cart gold this ring the ostrich feathers on the sides denotes two things its affiliated with royal authority, but also with the family name Miranda! So although today it means nothing as the Monarchy was done away with as well as the nobility its still very intresting, and now the stories of people stepping of the sidewalks tipping there hats to my grandparants in the old city, grandfather never shaving himself but each day a barber came to shave him in his home. the Bullfighting ranch given to my oldest uncle in 1943. Very sereal. So this video was amazing when I saw the Castles and Palaces the rich history etc.. I came to know that theres so much more to learn and see! both my family names originate in northern portugal, my Dad had crystal blue eyes was 6.ft 1inch humm, wonder where he got those jeans eh. please make some more of these videos as they help us touch our pass in our minds and hearts. P.S. yes my friends are always amazed that Bagpipes are part of our culture!!!! who knew Lol