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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, 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. In the mainland, Alentejo region occupies the biggest area but is one of the regions in Europe with a lower population density. 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. Founded first as a county within the Kingdom of León in 868, the country officially gained independence as the Kingdom of Portugal 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revolution deposed Portugal's monarchy, and established the democratic but unstable Portuguese First Republic, later superseded by the authoritarian regimes of Ditadura Nacional (National Dictatorship) and Estado Novo (New State).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...)

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Chaves (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʃavɨʃ] ) is a city and a municipality in the north of Portugal. It is 10 km south of the Spanish border and 22 km south of Verín (Spain). The population of the entire municipality in 2011 was 41,243, in an area of 591.23 km². The municipality is the second most populous of the district of Vila Real (the district capital, Vila Real, is 60 km south on the A24 motorway). With origins in the Roman civitas Aquæ Flaviæ, Chaves has developed into a regional center. The urban area or city proper has 17,535 residents (2001). (Full article...)

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The trocaz pigeon, Madeira laurel pigeon or long-toed pigeon (Columba trocaz) is a pigeon which is endemic to the island of Madeira, Portugal. It is a mainly grey bird with a pinkish breast; its silvery neck patch and lack of white wing markings distinguish it from its close relative and probable ancestor, the common wood pigeon. Its call is a characteristic six-note cooing, weaker and lower-pitched than that of the wood pigeon. Despite its bulky, long-tailed appearance, this pigeon has a fast, direct flight.

A scarce resident breeder in laurisilva forests, the trocaz pigeon lays one white egg in a flimsy twig nest. Its numbers fell sharply after human colonisation of the Madeira archipelago, and it vanished altogether from Porto Santo Island. The major cause of its population decline was habitat loss from forest clearance, but hunting and nest predation by introduced rats were also contributory factors. Protection of the laurel forests and a ban on hunting have enabled numbers to increase, so that the species is no longer endangered. (Full article...)

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Image 1Gomes da Costa and his troops march victorious into Lisbon on 6 June 1926. (from History of Portugal)
Image 2Aroeira 3 skull of 400,000 year old Homo heidelbergensis.
The oldest trace of human history in Portugal. (from History of Portugal)
Image 3Chocalheiro of Bemposta (from Culture of Portugal)
Image 4Caretos in the carnival of Podence, Portugal (from Culture of Portugal)
Image 5The Roman Provinces Lusitania and Gallaecia, after the reorganization of Diocletian AD 298 (from History of Portugal)
Image 6Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley (from History of Portugal)
Image 7Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba (from History of Portugal)
Image 8Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis of Pombal, Count of Oeiras (from History of Portugal)
Image 9Map of Brazil issued by Portuguese explorers in 1519 (from History of Portugal)
Image 10Al-Andalus Province of Ummayad caliphate in 750. (from History of Portugal)
Image 11Typical Portuguese filigree heart shaped pendant, an iconic item in Portuguese fashion and design. (from Culture of Portugal)
Image 12Detail of the Saint Vincent Panels, by Nuno Gonçalves (from Culture of Portugal)
Image 13The 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 14Areas of the Roman province of Hispania occupied by the barbarian people c. 409-429 (from History of Portugal)
Image 15Map 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 16Carnival parade in Loulé, Algarve region. (from Culture of Portugal)
Image 17Caliphate disintegrated into small Taifas kingdoms in 1031. (from History of Portugal)
Image 18The frontispiece of the 1826 Portuguese Constitution featuring King-Emperor Pedro IV and his daughter Queen Maria II (from History of Portugal)
Image 19Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão de Magalhães) (from History of Portugal)
Image 20Megalithic Monuments of Alcalar, built in the 3rd millennium BCE (from History of Portugal)
Image 21This 1755 copper engraving shows the ruins of Lisbon in flames and a tsunami overwhelming the ships in the harbor. (from History of Portugal)
Image 22Megalithic spirals, cromlech near Évora (from History of Portugal)
Image 23Mértola's former mosque was transformed into a church in 1238. (from History of Portugal)
Image 24"Festa da Coca" during the Corpus Christi celebration, in Monção, Portugal (from Culture of Portugal)
Image 25Portuguese rejoice during the 1975 Carnation Revolution. (from History of Portugal)
Image 26António, Prior of Crato (from History of Portugal)
Image 27Maios celebration in Madeira island [1] (from Culture of Portugal)
Image 28Vasco da Gama landing in Kerala, India (from History of Portugal)
Image 29Rooster of Barcelos, the iconic Portuguese souvenir (from Culture of Portugal)
Image 30The main language areas in Iberia, circa 300 BC. (from History of Portugal)
Image 31Example of Castræ round houses, Citânia de Briteiros (from History of Portugal)
Image 32Gil Vicente, 16th-century Portuguese playwright (from Culture of Portugal)
Image 33The 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 34Visigothic kingdom in Iberia from 625 to 711 (from History of Portugal)
Image 35"Levantamento do mastro" in Fonte Arcada, Portugal (from Culture of Portugal)
Image 36Monument 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 37Iberian Peninsula c. 560. Suebi territory with its capital in Braga (blue); Visigothic territory with its capital in Toledo (green) (from History of Portugal)
Image 38 Flute player of Podence (from Culture of Portugal)
Image 39A bride and her groom in the carnival of Lazarim, Portugal (from Culture of Portugal)
Image 40Portuguese 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 41John IV of Portugal (from History of Portugal)
Image 42Natural cork bags. (from Culture of Portugal)
Image 43Most of Portugal and Spain as Caliphate of Córdoba circa 929 to 1031. (from History of Portugal)
Image 44Portuguese colonies in Africa by the time of the Colonial War. (from History of Portugal)
Image 45Prehistoric Rock-Art Site of the Côa Valley (from Culture of Portugal)
Image 46Dolmen of Cerqueira, Sever do Vouga (from History of Portugal)
Image 47The Battle of Guararapes (from History of Portugal)
Image 48Monarchist counter-revolutionary soldiers holding the flag of the monarchy after the capture of Porto in 1919. (from History of Portugal)

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"Help! They are killing the Master!"

Matam o Mestre! Matam o Mestre nos paços da Rainha! Acudi ao Mestre que o matam!”

Álvaro Pais, conspirator during the 1383-1385 crisis, before the Grand Master of the Order of Aviz (future John I of Portugal) killed the Count of Andeiro

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Roderigo Lopes (also called Ruy Lopes, Ruy Lopez, Roderigo Lopus, Ruy Lopus, Roger Lopez and Rodrigo Lopes; also referred to as Roderigo Lopez and Rodrigo Lopez; c. 1517 – 7 June 1594) served as a physician-in-chief to Queen Elizabeth I of England from 1581 until his death by execution, having been found guilty of plotting to poison her. A Portuguese converso or New Christian of Jewish ancestry, he is the only royal doctor in English history to have been executed, and may have inspired the character of Shylock in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, which was written within four years of his death.

The son of a Portuguese royal physician of Jewish descent, Lopes was raised a Catholic and educated at the University of Coimbra. Amid the Portuguese Inquisition he was accused of secretly practising Judaism, and compelled to leave the country. He settled in London in 1559, joined the Church of England and became house physician at St Bartholomew's Hospital. Gaining a reputation as a careful and skilled physician, he acquired several powerful clients, including the Earl of Leicester and Sir Francis Walsingham, and eventually the Queen of England herself. (Full article...)

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Cristóvão de Mendonça (Mourão, 1475 – Ormus, 1532) was a Portuguese noble and explorer who was active in South East Asia in the 16th century.

Son of Diogo de Mendonça,^{[contradictory]} Alcaide-mor (lord mayor) of Mourão, captain of crossbowmen, and his wife, Brites Soares de Albergaria. Another daughter of the marriage, D. Joana, was married to D. Jaime, 4th duke of Bragança. Cristóvão de Mendonça married D. Maria de Vilhena, daughter of Sancho de Tovar, but there was no issue of this marriage. (Full article...)

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Carmen Miranda Francisco de Sá Carneiro José Maria de Eça de Queirós Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa José Manuel Barroso António de Oliveira Salazar Manuel I of Portugal John I of Portugal Pedro Nunes José Saramago Vasco da Gama Ferdinand Magellan Anthony of Padua Paulo Portas Abel Xavier Antonio Díaz de Cardoso António Manoel de Vilhena Zeca Afonso Cristiano Ronaldo

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The battle of Aljubarrota took place on August 14, 1385, between Portuguese forces commanded by King John I of Portugal and his general Nuno Álvares Pereira, and the Castilian army of John I of Castile.

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...that the reign of John III of Portugal was characterized by both the height of the Portuguese Empire political and mercantile power followed by the beginning of its decline?

...that the history of Portugal from 1777 to 1834 spans a complex period in which a constitutional monarchy was installed in the country, following the Napoleonic invasions of Portugal, the independence of Brazil, a liberal revolution in Porto and the civil war known as the Liberal Wars between the two princes: Peter and Michael.

...that the Democratic Party was a Portuguese political party closely associated with the history of the Portuguese First Republic, being the main political force in power from 1910 to 1926.

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Erizo de mar violáceo (Sphaerechinus granularis), Madeira, Portugal, 2019-05-31, DD 40
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Estrella roja del Mediterráneo (Echinaster sepositus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-31, DD 79
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Pez ballesta (Balistes capriscus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-23, DD 24
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Sepia común (Sepia officinalis), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-21, DD 62
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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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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
Porto Covo pano April 2009-4
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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
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