This is a bit (not exactly a bit, because it covers the whole side of a building. What I mean by a bit is that there are other pieces of art work done around the town, and this is just an example of one of them. It's also not a bit in relation to it's whole, as the whole painting can be seen. I could rant more over the inappropriate use of the word bit, until I have completely lost the original idea, which I think has happened) art work done on the side of the local cinema. A little bit of ancient history: The region around Leiria has been inhabited for a long time, although its early history is obscure. The first evident inhabitants were the Turduli Oppidani, a Celtiberian tribe (akin to the Lusitanians), who established a settlement near (around 7 km) present-day Leiria. This settlement was later occupied by the Romans, who expanded it under the original Celtiberian name Collippo. The stones of the ancient Roman town were used in the Middle Ages to build much of Leiria.
