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Lisbon , the capital of Portugal, overlooking the Tagus riverFlag of Portugal Location of Portugal in Europe Portugal Portuguese Republic , is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula , in Southwestern Europe , and 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 constitutes the longest uninterrupted border-line in the European Union . Its archipelagos form two autonomous regions with their own regional governments . On the mainland, 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 , being also the main spot for tourists alongside Porto and Algarve .
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, such as the Lusitanians , the Gallaecians , the Celtici , Turduli , and the Conii . These peoples had some commercial and cultural contact with Phoenicians , ancient Greeks and Carthaginians . 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 15th and 16th centuries Portugal led the Age of Discovery and 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revolution deposed Portugal's monarchy, and established the democratic but unstable Portuguese First Republic , later superseded by the authoritarian regimes of Ditadura Nacional Estado Novo Democracy was restored after the Carnation Revolution (1974), ending the Portuguese Colonial War and eventually losing its remaining colonial possessions. (Full article...
The
Belém Palace (
Portuguese :
Palácio de Belém ), formally the
National Palace of Belém , (
Portuguese :
Palácio Nacional de Belém ), is the current
official residence of the
president of the Portuguese Republic , the head of state of
Portugal . Located in the
Belém District of
Lisbon , the palace's main façade fronts the
Praça Afonso de Albuquerque , facing the
Tagus River . A former residence of the
Portuguese royal family , the Belém Palace complex is made up of various buildings, wings, courtyards, and gardens, built variously from the 18th to 21st centuries. (
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This is a Featured article , which represents some of the best content on English Wikipedia. The Rhodesian mission in Lisbon Portuguese : Missão da Rodésia em Lisboa ), the capital of Portugal, operated from September 1965 to May 1975. It was a diplomatic mission representing Rhodesia (or Southern Rhodesia ), initially as a self-governing colony of Britain and, after the Unilateral Declaration of Independence in November 1965, as an unrecognised state .
Rhodesia informed Britain of its intent to open a Lisbon mission headed by an accredited representative , independent from the British Embassy in the city, in June 1965. Whitehall refused to endorse the idea but Rhodesia continued nonetheless, and later that month appointed Harry Reedman to head the mission. The British government attempted unsuccessfully to block this unilateral act—Rhodesia's first—for some months afterwards.
The affair came amid the larger dispute between Whitehall and
Salisbury regarding the terms under which Rhodesia could be granted
sovereign independence . Rhodesia's mostly white government insisted that statehood should come under the constitution introduced with Britain's approval in 1961, while Whitehall insisted that a set timetable for the introduction of black majority rule would have to be in place before the country could be fully independent. The Rhodesian government's stance on this matter caused it to become isolated within the
Commonwealth , which from 1964 excluded it from most of its internal bodies, while the Rhodesian military became unofficially embargoed by its established British and American suppliers. (
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Image 1 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 2 Carnival parade in
Loulé ,
Algarve region. (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 3 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 4 Megalithic spirals,
cromlech near
Évora (from
History of Portugal )
Image 5 Monarchist counter-revolutionary soldiers holding the
flag of the monarchy after the capture of
Porto in 1919. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 6 Aroeira 3 skull of 400,000 year old
Homo heidelbergensis .
The oldest trace of human history in Portugal. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 8 The frontispiece of the 1826 Portuguese Constitution featuring King-Emperor
Pedro IV and his daughter Queen
Maria II (from
History of Portugal )
Image 9 Portuguese rejoice during the 1975 Carnation Revolution. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 12 Example of Castræ round houses,
Citânia de Briteiros (from
History of Portugal )
Image 13 Gil Vicente , 16th-century Portuguese
playwright (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 14 Visigothic kingdom in Iberia from 625 to 711 (from
History of Portugal )
Image 15 Maios celebration in Madeira island
[1] (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 16 The main language areas in Iberia, circa 300 BC. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 18 Mértola 's
former mosque was transformed into a church in 1238. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 19 Vasco da Gama landing in
Kerala, India (from
History of Portugal )
Image 22 Caretos in the carnival of Podence, Portugal (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 23 John IV of Portugal (from
History of Portugal )
Image 24 "Levantamento do mastro" in Fonte Arcada, Portugal (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 25 The Roman Provinces
Lusitania and
Gallaecia , after the reorganization of
Diocletian AD 298 (from
History of Portugal )
Image 26 Dolmen of Cerqueira,
Sever do Vouga (from
History of Portugal )
Image 27 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 29 Gomes da Costa and his troops march victorious into Lisbon on 6 June 1926. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 30 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 31 Caliphate disintegrated into small
Taifas kingdoms in 1031. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 33 "
Festa da Coca " during the
Corpus Christi celebration, in
Monção , Portugal (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 34 Natural cork bags. (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 35 Flute player of Podence (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 36 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 37 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 39 A bride and her groom in the carnival of Lazarim, Portugal (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 40 Typical Portuguese filigree heart shaped pendant, an iconic item in Portuguese fashion and design. (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 43 Map of Brazil issued by
Portuguese explorers in 1519 (from
History of Portugal )
Image 44 Portuguese colonies in Africa by the time of the Colonial War. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 45 Rooster of Barcelos , the iconic Portuguese souvenir (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 46 Most of Portugal and Spain as
Caliphate of Córdoba circa 929 to 1031. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 47 Areas of the Roman province of Hispania occupied by the barbarian people c. 409-429 (from
History of Portugal )
Image 48 This 1755 copper engraving shows the ruins of
Lisbon in flames and a
tsunami overwhelming the ships in the harbor. (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
This is a Good article , an article that meets a core set of high editorial standards. Striking the Autonomous Region of Azores on 1 January, the 1980 Azores Island earthquake Terceira and São Jorge . Measuring 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale , it also shook the islands of Pico and Faial , and resulted from a strike slip fracture, typical of other historical Azorean earthquakes .
In response to the earthquake, Portuguese president
António Ramalho Eanes announced three days of national mourning, while relief efforts, initiated by agents of the local Air Force, were soon accompanied by government-supported agencies. (
Full article... )
A Portuguese F-84 being loaded with amunition in the 60's, at the Luanda Air Base, during the
Portuguese Colonial War
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Azulejos Parque Eduardo VII-2
Campilhas March 2015-1a
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Dragonfly Porto Covo August 2021-4
Erizo de mar violáceo (Sphaerechinus granularis), Madeira, Portugal, 2019-05-31, DD 40
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
Lagoa do Capitão com montanha do pico
Lang's short tail blue (Leptotes pirithous) male underside
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Maria I, Queen of Portugal - Giuseppe Troni, atribuído (Turim, 1739-Lisboa, 1810) - Google Cultural Institute
Maria Isabel of Portugal in front of the Prado in 1829 by Bernardo López y piquer
POR-4-Imperial Treasury-2400 Reis (1798-99)
Pez ballesta (Balistes capriscus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-23, DD 24
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