Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, overlooking the Tagus river
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. It is a unitary republic made up by mainland Portugal and two autonomous regions, with Lisbon as both its capital and largest city. It has a total population of over 10.7 million. The mainland borders Spain to the north and east, with Madeira and the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean. It features the westernmost point in continental Europe.
The western Iberian Peninsula has been inhabited since prehistory, with the earliest signs of settlement dating to 5500 BC. Muslims invaded the Iberian Peninsula in the 8th century, but were gradually expelled during the Reconquista. Portugal was established during this period, initially as a county of the Kingdom of León in 868, and formally as a kingdom in 1179. It later became one of the main participants of the Age of Discovery, made several seminal advancements in nautical science and was among the first European countries to explore and discover new territories and sea routes, establishing settlements, colonies, and trading posts. After it became a republic in 1910, Portugal lived under dictatorship from 1926 until its overthrow in 1974 enabling the full establishment of democracy in 1976.
It is a semi-presidential constitutional unitary republic and multi-party representative democracy with four separate sovereignty bodies: president, government, parliament, and judiciary. It has a unicameral national legislature known as the Assembly of the Republic. Portugal has developed a complex system to manage its territory, even though the mainland continues to remain highly centralized. (Full article...)
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Alcobaça (Portuguese pronunciation: [alkuˈβasɐ] ⓘ) is a Portuguese city and municipality in the intermunicipal community Oeste and the region Oeste e Vale do Tejo, in the historical province of Estremadura, and in the Leiria District. The city grew along the valleys of the rivers Alcoa and Baça, from which it derives its name. The municipality population in 2011 was 56,693, in an area of 408.14 square kilometres (157.58 mi2). The city proper has a population of 15,800 inhabitants.
The city of Alcobaça became notable after the first king of Portugal, Afonso Henriques, decided to build a church to commemorate the Conquest of Santarém from the Moors in 1147. The church later evolved into the Monastery of Alcobaça, one of the most magnificent Gothic monuments in the country. In the church are the tombs of Pedro I of Portugal and his murdered mistress Inês de Castro. Over the centuries this monastery played an important role in shaping Portuguese culture. (Full article...)
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The Palace of Queluz (Portuguese: Palácio de Queluz, Portuguese pronunciation: [kɛˈluʃ]) is an 18th-century palace located at Queluz, a city of the Sintra Municipality, in the Lisbon District, on the Portuguese Riviera. One of the last great Rococo buildings to be designed in Europe, the palace was conceived as a summer retreat for King Joseph I's brother, Peter of Braganza, later to become husband and king jure uxoris (as King Peter III) to his own niece, Queen Maria I. It eventually served as a discreet place of incarceration for Maria I, when she became afflicted by severe mental illness in the years following Peter III's death in 1786. Following the destruction of the Palace of Ajuda by fire in 1794, Queluz Palace became the official residence of the Portuguese Prince Regent John, and his family, and remained so until the royal family fled to the Portuguese colony of Brazil following the French invasion of Portugal (1807).
Work on the palace began in 1747 under Portuguese architect Mateus Vicente de Oliveira. Despite being far smaller, the palace is often referred to as the "Portuguese Versailles." From 1826, the palace slowly fell from favour with the Portuguese sovereigns. In 1908, it became the property of the state. Following a serious fire in 1934, which gutted one-third of the interior, the palace was extensively restored, and today is open to the public as a major tourist attraction. (Full article...)
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Image 1Hispania c. 560: Suebi territory with its capital in Braga (blue); Visigothic territory with its capital in Toledo (olive green); Byzantine Empire territory (orange) (from History of Portugal)
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Image 2Most of Portugal and Spain as Caliphate of Córdoba circa 929 to 1031. (from History of Portugal)
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Image 3Maios celebration in Madeira island [1] (from Culture of Portugal)
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Image 4The arrival of the Portuguese in Japan, the first Europeans to reach it, initiating the Nanban ("southern barbarian") period of active commercial and cultural exchange between Japan and the West. (from History of Portugal)
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Image 5A bride and her groom in the carnival of Lazarim, Portugal (from Culture of Portugal)
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Image 7Carnival parade in Loulé, Algarve region. (from Culture of Portugal)
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Image 8Portuguese discoveries and explorations: first arrival places and dates; main Portuguese spice trade routes in the Indian Ocean (blue); territories of the Portuguese Empire under King John III rule (1521–1557) (green). The disputed discovery of Australia is not shown. (from History of Portugal)
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Image 9John IV of Portugal (from History of Portugal)
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Image 10Portuguese rejoice during the 1975 Carnation Revolution. (from History of Portugal)
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Image 11Natural cork bags. (from Culture of Portugal)
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Image 12 Flute player of Podence (from Culture of Portugal)
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Image 13Rooster of Barcelos, the iconic Portuguese souvenir (from Culture of Portugal)
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Image 14Gil Vicente, 16th-century Portuguese playwright (from Culture of Portugal)
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Image 15Caretos in the carnival of Podence, Portugal (from Culture of Portugal)
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Image 16Portuguese colonies in Africa by the time of the Colonial War. (from History of Portugal)
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Image 17The Roman province of Hispania as occupied by the barbarian peoples c. 409–429 (from History of Portugal)
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Image 18Vasco da Gama landing in Kerala, India (from History of Portugal)
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Image 20Mértola's former mosque was transformed into a church in 1238. (from History of Portugal)
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Image 23Megalithic spirals, cromlech near Évora (from History of Portugal)
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Image 24The frontispiece of the 1826 Portuguese Constitution featuring King-Emperor Pedro IV and his daughter Queen Maria II (from History of Portugal)
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Image 25The neighborhood of Parque das Nações, in Lisbon, where was held the 1998 World Exposition, is a symbol of the economic modernization and development of Portugal in the late 20th century. (from History of Portugal)
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Image 26Map of Spain and Portugal showing the conquest of Hispania from 220 B.C. to 19 B.C. and provincial borders. It is based on other maps; the territorial advances and provincial borders are illustrative. (from History of Portugal)
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Image 27Typical Portuguese filigree heart shaped pendant, an iconic item in Portuguese fashion and design. (from Culture of Portugal)
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Image 31Map of Brazil issued by Portuguese explorers in 1519 (from History of Portugal)
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Image 32The main language areas in Iberia, c. 300 BC. (from History of Portugal)
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Image 33Distribution of Germanic place names across the Iberian peninsula. Darker shades indicate higher concentration. (from History of Portugal)
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Image 34Example of Castræ round houses, Citânia de Briteiros (from History of Portugal)
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Image 35"Levantamento do mastro" in Fonte Arcada, Portugal (from Culture of Portugal)
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Image 37Gomes da Costa and his troops march victorious into Lisbon on 6 June 1926. (from History of Portugal)
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Image 38This 1755 copper engraving shows the ruins of Lisbon in flames and a tsunami overwhelming the ships in the harbor. (from History of Portugal)
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Image 39Aroeira 3 skull of 400,000 year old Homo heidelbergensis. The oldest trace of human history in Portugal. (from History of Portugal)
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Image 40Caliphate disintegrated into small Taifas kingdoms in 1031. (from History of Portugal)
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Image 41Chocalheiro of Bemposta (from Culture of Portugal)
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Image 42The Roman Provinces Lusitania and Gallaecia, after the reorganization of Diocletian AD 298 (from History of Portugal)
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Image 45" Festa da Coca" during the Corpus Christi celebration, in Monção, Portugal (from Culture of Portugal)
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Image 47Monarchist counter-revolutionary soldiers holding the flag of the monarchy after the capture of Porto in 1919. (from History of Portugal)
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Image 48Visigothic kingdom in Iberia from 625 to 711 (from History of Portugal)
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Image 49Dolmen of Cerqueira, Sever do Vouga (from History of Portugal)
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Image 50Monument of Pelagius at Covadonga where he won the Battle of Covadonga and initiated the Christian Reconquista of Iberia from the Islamic Moors. (from History of Portugal)
" Times change, wills change"
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Colonial era Map of the Jaffna kingdom c. 1619 The Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom occurred after Portuguese traders arrived at the rival Kotte kingdom in the southwest of modern Sri Lanka in 1505. Many kings of Jaffna, such as Cankili I, initially confronted the Portuguese in their attempts at converting the locals to Roman Catholicism, but eventually made peace with them.
By 1591, the king of Jaffna Ethirimanna Cinkam was installed by the Portuguese. Although he was nominally a client, he resisted missionary activities and helped the interior Kandyan kingdom in its quest to get military help from South India. Eventually, a usurper named Cankili II resisted Portuguese overlordship only to find himself ousted and hanged by Phillippe de Oliveira in 1619. The subsequent rule by the Portuguese saw the population convert to Roman Catholicism. The population also decreased due to excessive taxation, as most people fled the core areas of the former kingdom. (Full article...)
Cristóvão de Mendonça (Mourão, 1475 – Ormus, 1532) was a Portuguese noble and explorer who was active in South East Asia in the 16th century. (Full article...)
Panoramic view of the historical part of Porto, featuring the river Douro
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