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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revolution deposed Portugal's monarchy and established the democratic but unstable Portuguese First Republic , later superseded by the authoritarian regimes of Ditadura Nacional (National Dictatorship) and Estado Novo (New State).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 Portuguese Renaissance refers to the cultural and artistic movement in Portugal during the 15th and 16th centuries. Though the movement coincided with the Spanish and Italian Renaissances, the Portuguese Renaissance was largely separate from other European Renaissances and instead was extremely important in opening Europe to the unknown and bringing a more worldly view to those European Renaissances, as at the time the Portuguese Empire spanned the globe.
As the pioneer of the Age of Discoveries , Portugal flourished in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries, with voyages to India, the Orient, the Americas, and Africa. This immense trade network would create an extremely wealthy Portuguese nobility and monarchy, that would become patrons for an immense flourishing of culture, arts, and technology in Portugal and all over the world. (Full article... )
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The Palace of Queluz. The "Ceremonial Façade" of the corps de logis designed by Mateus Vicente de Oliveira .
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... )
The following are images from various Portugal-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 Vasco da Gama landing in
Kerala, India (from
History of Portugal )
Image 2 Rooster of Barcelos , the iconic Portuguese souvenir (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 3 Areas of the Roman province of Hispania occupied by the barbarian people c. 409–429 (from
History of Portugal )
Image 4 Flute player of Podence (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 5 Portuguese colonies in Africa by the time of the Colonial War. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 6 The frontispiece of the 1826 Portuguese Constitution featuring King-Emperor
Pedro IV and his daughter Queen
Maria II (from
History of Portugal )
Image 7 "
Festa da Coca " during the
Corpus Christi celebration, in
Monção , Portugal (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 9 The Roman Provinces
Lusitania and
Gallaecia , after the reorganization of
Diocletian AD 298 (from
History of Portugal )
Image 10 Most of Portugal and Spain as
Caliphate of Córdoba circa 929 to 1031. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 11 The main language areas in Iberia, c. 300 BC. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 12 Gomes da Costa and his troops march victorious into Lisbon on 6 June 1926. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 13 Monarchist counter-revolutionary soldiers holding the
flag of the monarchy after the capture of
Porto in 1919. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 14 Natural cork bags. (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 16 Portuguese rejoice during the 1975 Carnation Revolution. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 17 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 18 Gil Vicente , 16th-century Portuguese
playwright (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 19 Aroeira 3 skull of 400,000 year old
Homo heidelbergensis .
The oldest trace of human history in Portugal. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 20 Example of Castræ round houses,
Citânia de Briteiros (from
History of Portugal )
Image 22 John IV of Portugal (from
History of Portugal )
Image 23 Dolmen of Cerqueira,
Sever do Vouga (from
History of Portugal )
Image 24 Typical Portuguese filigree heart shaped pendant, an iconic item in Portuguese fashion and design. (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 26 "Levantamento do mastro" in Fonte Arcada, Portugal (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 28 Caliphate disintegrated into small
Taifas kingdoms in 1031. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 30 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 31 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 32 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 33 A bride and her groom in the carnival of Lazarim, Portugal (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 34 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 35 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 37 Map of Brazil issued by
Portuguese explorers in 1519 (from
History of Portugal )
Image 39 Carnival parade in
Loulé ,
Algarve region. (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 40 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 41 Caretos in the carnival of Podence, Portugal (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 43 Visigothic kingdom in Iberia from 625 to 711 (from
History of Portugal )
Image 44 Maios celebration in Madeira island
[1] (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 45 Mértola 's
former mosque was transformed into a church in 1238. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 46 Megalithic spirals,
cromlech near
Évora (from
History of Portugal )
Panoramic view of the historical part of
Porto , featuring the river
Douro
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Alcobaça October 2021-1
Anémona de mar común (Anemonia viridis), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-21, DD 07
Anémona incrustante amarilla (Parazoanthus axinellae), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2022-07-20, DD 49
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Dragonfly Porto Covo August 2021-4
Erizo de mar violáceo (Sphaerechinus granularis), Madeira, Portugal, 2019-05-31, DD 40
Espirógrafo (Bispira volutacornis), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-23, DD 43
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
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
Moma amarilla (Tripterygion delaisi), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2022-07-20, DD 29
Moma amarilla (Tripterygion delaisi), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2022-07-29, DD 32
POR-4-Imperial Treasury-2400 Reis (1798-99)
Pez ballesta (Balistes capriscus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-23, DD 24
Porto Covo pano April 2009-4
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Portugal 1729 8 Escudos
Puente Don Luis I, Oporto, Portugal, 2012-05-09, DD 13
Salmonete de fango (Mullus barbatus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-21, DD 59
Sepia común (Sepia officinalis), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-21, DD 62
Sintra Portugal Palácio da Pena-01
Sunset 2007-1
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Batalha September 2021-2
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
Espirógrafo (Bispira volutacornis), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-23, DD 43
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
Lagoa do Capitão com montanha do pico
Lang's short tail blue (Leptotes pirithous) male underside
LuzLissabon
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
Porto Covo pano April 2009-4
Porto3flat-cc-contr-oliv1002 edit2
Portugal 1729 8 Escudos
Puente Don Luis I, Oporto, Portugal, 2012-05-09, DD 13
Salmonete de fango (Mullus barbatus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-21, DD 59
Sepia común (Sepia officinalis), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-21, DD 62
Sintra Portugal Palácio da Pena-01
Sunset 2007-1
Torre Belém April 2009-4a
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