João Martinho, with a photo of the Carmo Church in Lisbon was the Portuguese winner of Wiki Loves Monuments. The framework, focus, lighting, resolution, absence of distortion and manipulation and composition were the reasons that convinced the jury, consisting of representatives from the <a href="http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org.pt/tracker.php?target=http://www.pousadas.pt/historic-hotels-portugal/pt/pages/home.aspx " target="_blank">Pousadas de Portugal</a>, <a href=" http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org.pt/tracker.php?target=http://www.fotosport.pt/" target="_blank">Fotosport</a>, <a href=" http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org.pt/tracker.php?target=http://www.igespar.pt/pt/ " target="_blank">IGESPAR</a>, <a href=" http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org.pt/tracker.php?target=http://www.cm-sintra.pt/" target="_blank">Sintra Town Hall</a> and two Wikimedians who gathered this weekend in Sintra to evaluate each of the 16 000 photos from 244 photographers in the competition. Were also awarded a second and a third place for "Best Photography", a prize to the best photo of the Pousadas de Portugal and three prizes to the photographers who submitted the largest number of photographs of differents monuments. In the category of "Highest Number of Distinct Monuments" photographed, Frédéric Marie was the winner, who submitted photos for 447 different monuments. All the pictures that has been uploaded can be found <a title="All pictures" href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2011_in_Portugal" target="_blank">on Wikimedia Commons</a>. 

<h1>Gallery</h1>

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="The best picture in the contest:  ruined main nave of the Carmo Church in Lisbon, by JoaoMartinho63. License: CC-BY-SA-3.0"]<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Alameda_de_pedra.jpg"><img class=" " title="Alameda_de_pedra.jpg" src=" http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Alameda_de_pedra.jpg/512px-Alameda_de_pedra.jpg " alt=" Alameda de pedra.jpg  " width="512" height="768" /></a>[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption=”2nd place: Guarda Cathedral in the winter, by Alexa Pinto. License: CC-BY-SA-3.0"]<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Sé da Guarda 31.jpg "><img class=" " title=" Sé da Guarda 31.jpg " src=" http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/S%C3%A9_da_Guarda_31.jpg/640px-S%C3%A9_da_Guarda_31.jpg " alt=" Sé da Guarda 31.jpg " width="640" height="480" /></a>[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption=”3rd place: General views of Óbidos village,  by Anitsircana. License: CC-BY-SA-3.0"]<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Vista_da_Vila_de_%C3%93bidos.jpg "><img class=" " title="Vista da Vila de Óbidos.jpg " src=" http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Vista_da_Vila_de_%C3%93bidos.jpg/512px-Vista_da_Vila_de_%C3%93bidos.jpg " alt=" Vista da Vila de Óbidos.jpg " width="512" height="768" /></a>[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption=”4th place: main altar of pilgrimage church of Our Lady of Remedies in  Lamego, by António Amen. License: CC-BY-SA-3.0"]<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Lamego - Santuário de N. Sra dos Remédios - Altar.jpg "><img class=" " title=" Lamego - Santuário de N. Sra dos Remédios - Altar.jpg " src=" http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Lamego_-_Santu%C3%A1rio_de_N._Sra_dos_Rem%C3%A9dios_-_Altar.jpg/512px-Lamego_-_Santu%C3%A1rio_de_N._Sra_dos_Rem%C3%A9dios_-_Altar.jpg" alt=" Lamego - Santuário de N. Sra dos Remédios - Altar.jpg " width="512" height="768" /></a>[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption=”5th place: Santa Marta lighthouse in Cascais, by Jaimrsilva. License: CC-BY-SA-3.0"]<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Farol de Santa Marta.jpg "><img class=" " title=" Farol de Santa Marta.jpg" src=" http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Farol_de_Santa_Marta.jpg/640px-Farol_de_Santa_Marta.jpg" alt=" Farol de Santa Marta.jpg" width="640" height="426" /></a>[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption=”6th place: Jewish quarter of Castelo de Vide, by Concierge.2C . License: CC-BY-SA-3.0"]<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: "><img class=" " title=" Judiaria de Castelo de Vide (4).jpg" src=" http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Judiaria_de_Castelo_de_Vide_%284%29.jpg/514px-Judiaria_de_Castelo_de_Vide_%284%29.jpg" alt=" Judiaria de Castelo de Vide (4).jpg" width="514" height="768" /></a>[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption=”7th place: Ancient Roman Bridge at Chaves, by João Carvalho. License: CC-BY-SA-3.0"]<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Ponte_romana_Chaves_01.jpg "><img class=" " title=" Ponte_romana_Chaves_01.jpg " src=" http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Ponte_romana_Chaves_01.jpg/640px-Ponte_romana_Chaves_01.jpg " alt=" Ponte_romana_Chaves_01.jpg " width="640" height="479" /></a>[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption=”8th place: Clérigos tower in Porto, by Andre.Figueiredo. License: CC-BY-SA-3.0"]<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Clérigos.jpg "><img class=" Clérigos.jpg " title=". jpg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Cl%C3%A9rigos.jpg/576px-Cl%C3%A9rigos.jpg" alt=" Clérigos.jpg " width=" 576" height="768 " /></a>[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption=”9th place: Alcácer do Sal, along the Sado River, showing the Reconquista Moorish Castle, by Joaomartinho63. License: CC-BY-SA-3.0"]<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Dia_positivo.jpg "><img class=" " title="Dia_positivo.jpg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Dia_positivo.jpg/640px-Dia_positivo.jpg " alt=" Dia_positivo.jpg" width="640" height="427" /></a>[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption=”10th place: Chapel of the Divine Heart of Jesus in Porto, by Concierge.2C . License: CC-BY-SA-3.0"]<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Porto_-_Capela_do_Divino_Coração_de_Jesus.jpg "><img class=" " title="Porto_-_Capela_do_Divino_Coração_de_Jesus.jpg" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Porto_-_Capela_do_Divino_Cora%C3%A7%C3%A3o_de_Jesus.jpg/514px-Porto_-_Capela_do_Divino_Cora%C3%A7%C3%A3o_de_Jesus.jpg" alt="Porto_-_Capela_do_Divino_Coração_de_Jesus.jpg" width="514" height="768" /></a>[/caption]

<h1>Thanks!</h1>
The jury and the organizers would like to thank all participants for their fine contributions and especially <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/João Carvalho" target="_blank"> João Carvalho </a> who uploaded 2625 pictures, more than anybody else in Portugal!