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Lisbon , the capital of Portugal, overlooking the Tagus river
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Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe , whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira . It features the westernmost point in continental Europe ; its mainland west and south border with the North Atlantic Ocean ; and in the north and east, the Portugal-Spain border , which constitutes the longest uninterrupted border line in the European Union . Portugal is the oldest nation-state in Europe. Founded in 1143, its current borders were established in mid-13th century, making them some of the most ancient in Europe and the world. Its archipelagos form two autonomous regions with their own regional governments . On the mainland, the Alentejo region occupies the biggest area but is one of the least densely populated regions of Europe. Lisbon is the capital and largest city by population , and it is also the main spot for tourists alongside Porto , the Algarve and Madeira .
As one of the oldest countries in Europe, its territory has been continuously settled and fought over since prehistoric times . The territory was inhabited by the Celtic and Iberian peoples. It was later ruled by the Romans , followed by the invasions of Germanic peoples together with the Alans and later the Moors , who were eventually expelled during the Reconquista . First founded as a county within the Kingdom of León in 868, Portugal formally became an independent kingdom with the Treaty of Zamora in 1143.
During the Age of Discovery , particularly in the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal established one of the longest-lived maritime and commercial empires, becoming one of the main economic and political powers of the time. By the early 19th century, events such as the 1755 Lisbon earthquake , the country's occupation during the Napoleonic Wars , and the resulting independence of Brazil in 1822 led to a marked decay of Portugal's prior opulence . This was followed by the civil war between liberal constitutionalists and conservative absolutists over royal succession from 1828 to 1834. The 1910 revolution deposed Portugal's monarchy and established the democratic but unstable Portuguese First Republic , later superseded by the authoritarian regimes of Ditadura Nacional (National Dictatorship) and Estado Novo (New State). Democracy was restored after the Carnation Revolution (1974), ending the Portuguese Colonial War and eventually losing its remaining colonial possessions. (Full article... )
The Azores ( ə-ZORZ , , AY -zorz ; Portuguese : Açores , Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐˈsoɾɨʃ] ), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Região Autónoma dos Açores ), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with Madeira ). It is an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the Macaronesia region of the North Atlantic Ocean, about 1,400 km (870 mi) west of Lisbon , about 1,500 km (930 mi) northwest of Morocco , and about 1,930 km (1,200 mi) southeast of Newfoundland , Canada .
Its main industries are
agriculture ,
dairy farming ,
livestock ,
fishing , and
tourism , which has become a major service activity in the region. In the 20th century and to some extent into the 21st, they have served as a waypoint for refueling aircraft flying between Europe and North America. The government of the Azores employs a large percentage of the population directly or indirectly in the service and tertiary sectors. The largest city of the Azores is
Ponta Delgada . The culture, dialect, cuisine, and traditions of the Azorean islands vary considerably, because these remote islands were settled sporadically over a span of two centuries. (
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The storm at peak intensity near the
Azores on 4 October
The 2005 Azores subtropical storm was the 19th nameable storm and only subtropical storm of the extremely active 2005 Atlantic hurricane season . It was not named by the National Hurricane Center as it was operationally classified as an extratropical low . It developed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, an unusual region for late-season tropical cyclogenesis . Nonetheless, the system was able to generate a well-defined centre convecting around a warm core on 4 October. The system was short-lived, crossing over the Azores later on 4 October before becoming extratropical again on 5 October. No damages or fatalities were reported during that time. Its remnants were soon absorbed into a cold front . That system went on to become Hurricane Vince , which affected the Iberian Peninsula .
The subtropical nature of this unnamed system was determined several months after the fact, while the National Hurricane Center was performing its annual review of the season. Upon reclassification, the storm was entered into
HURDAT , the official hurricane database. (
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Image 1 Monument 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 )
Image 2 Typical Portuguese filigree heart shaped pendant, an iconic item in Portuguese fashion and design. (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 3 Maios celebration in Madeira island
[1] (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 4 Dolmen of Cerqueira,
Sever do Vouga (from
History of Portugal )
Image 5 This 1755 copper engraving shows the ruins of
Lisbon in flames and a
tsunami overwhelming the ships in the harbor. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 7 Map 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 )
Image 9 Monarchist counter-revolutionary soldiers holding the
flag of the monarchy after the capture of
Porto in 1919. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 11 Megalithic spirals,
cromlech near
Évora (from
History of Portugal )
Image 12 Visigothic kingdom in Iberia from 625 to 711 (from
History of Portugal )
Image 14 Caretos in the carnival of Podence, Portugal (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 16 Natural cork bags. (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 18 Aroeira 3 skull of 400,000 year old
Homo heidelbergensis .
The oldest trace of human history in Portugal. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 19 Iberian Peninsula
c. 560.
Suebi territory with its capital in
Braga (blue);
Visigothic territory with its capital in
Toledo (green) (from
History of Portugal )
Image 20 Portuguese rejoice during the 1975 Carnation Revolution. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 22 Portuguese 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 )
Image 23 Vasco da Gama landing in
Kerala, India (from
History of Portugal )
Image 24 Caliphate disintegrated into small
Taifas kingdoms in 1031. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 25 Gil Vicente , 16th-century Portuguese
playwright (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 26 The 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 )
Image 28 Map of Brazil issued by
Portuguese explorers in 1519 (from
History of Portugal )
Image 29 "
Festa da Coca " during the
Corpus Christi celebration, in
Monção , Portugal (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 30 Most of Portugal and Spain as
Caliphate of Córdoba circa 929 to 1031. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 31 Gomes da Costa and his troops march victorious into Lisbon on 6 June 1926. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 32 A bride and her groom in the carnival of Lazarim, Portugal (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 33 The 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 )
Image 34 The frontispiece of the 1826 Portuguese Constitution featuring King-Emperor
Pedro IV and his daughter Queen
Maria II (from
History of Portugal )
Image 35 Rooster of Barcelos , the iconic Portuguese souvenir (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 36 Areas of the Roman province of Hispania occupied by the barbarian people c. 409–429 (from
History of Portugal )
Image 37 Flute player of Podence (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 38 "Levantamento do mastro" in Fonte Arcada, Portugal (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 39 The Roman Provinces
Lusitania and
Gallaecia , after the reorganization of
Diocletian AD 298 (from
History of Portugal )
Image 40 Mértola 's
former mosque was transformed into a church in 1238. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 43 The main language areas in Iberia, c. 300 BC. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 44 Carnival parade in
Loulé ,
Algarve region. (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 46 Portuguese colonies in Africa by the time of the Colonial War. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 47 Example of Castræ round houses,
Citânia de Briteiros (from
History of Portugal )
Image 48 John IV of Portugal (from
History of Portugal )
"
God wants, the Man thinks, the Work is born. "
Deus quer, o homem pensa e a obra nasce
Fernando Pessoa , poet
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The Final Charge of the British Cavalry at the Battle of Orthez , by
Denis Dighton
The Battle of Orthez (27 February 1814) saw the Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese Army under Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington attack an Imperial French army led by Marshal Nicolas Soult in southern France. The outnumbered French repelled several Allied assaults on their right flank, but their center and left flank were overcome and Soult was compelled to retreat. At first the withdrawal was conducted in good order, but it eventually ended in a scramble for safety and many French soldiers became prisoners. The engagement occurred near the end of the Peninsular War .
In mid-February, Wellington's army broke out of its small area of conquered territory near
Bayonne . Moving east, the Allies drove the French back from several river lines. After a pause in the campaign, the westernmost Allied corps surrounded and isolated Bayonne. Resuming their eastward drive, the remaining two Allied corps pushed Soult's army back to
Orthez where the French marshal offered battle. In subsequent operations, Soult decided to abandon the large western port of
Bordeaux and fall back east toward
Toulouse . The next action was the
Battle of Toulouse . (
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Ferdinand Magellan, in a 16th- or 17th-century anonymous portrait
Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480 – 27 April 1521) was a Portuguese explorer best known for having planned and led the 1519–22 Spanish expedition to the East Indies , which achieved the first circumnavigation of Earth in history. During this expedition, he also discovered the Strait of Magellan , allowing his fleet to pass from the Atlantic into the Pacific Ocean and perform the first European navigation to Asia via the Pacific . Magellan died in the Philippines during his voyage , and his crew completed the return trip to Spain in 1522.
Born
c. 1480 into a family of minor
Portuguese nobility , Magellan became a skilled sailor and naval officer in service of the Portuguese Crown in Asia. King
Manuel I refused to support Magellan's plan to reach the
Moluccas , or Spice Islands, by sailing westwards around the American continent. Magellan then proposed the same plan to King
Charles I of Spain , who approved it. In
Seville , he married, fathered two children, and organized the expedition. In 1518, for his allegiance to the
Hispanic monarchy , Magellan was appointed an admiral of the Spanish fleet and given command of the expedition—the five-ship "Armada of Molucca." He was also made a Commander of the
Order of Santiago , one of the highest military ranks of the
Spanish Empire . (
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Moma amarilla (Tripterygion delaisi), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2022-07-20, DD 29
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Pez ballesta (Balistes capriscus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-23, DD 24
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Espirógrafo (Sabella spallanzanii), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-23, DD 70
Estrella roja del Mediterráneo (Echinaster sepositus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-31, DD 79
Gusano de fuego (Hermodice carunculata), Madeira, Portugal, 2019-05-31, DD 45
Iberian Peninsula antique map
Iglesia de San Ildefonso, Oporto, Portugal, 2012-05-09, DD 01
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Maria Isabel of Portugal in front of the Prado in 1829 by Bernardo López y piquer
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Pez ballesta (Balistes capriscus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-23, DD 24
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