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Portugal (Portuguese pronunciation: [puɾtuˈɣal]), officially the Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: República Portuguesa [ʁɛˈpuβlikɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ]), is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in continental Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain, the sole country to have a land border with Portugal. Its two archipelagos form two autonomous regions with their own regional governments. Lisbon is the capital and largest city by population.

One of the oldest countries in Europe, its territory has been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times. The territory was first inhabited by pre-Roman and Celtic peoples (at the time of the first large-scale Roman invasions in Western Iberia, they preponderantly were the Lusitanians, the Gallaecians, the Celtici and, to some extent, the Conii). These peoples had commercial and some cultural contact with Phoenicians, ancient Greeks and Carthaginians. It was later ruled by the Romans, followed by the invasions of Germanic peoples (most prominently, the Suebi and the Visigoths) 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 its independence as the Kingdom of Portugal with the Treaty of Zamora in 1143.

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. At the end of the 16th century, however, Portugal suffered a war for the crown succession which led to the incorporation of the country into the Spanish monarchy during the Iberian Union. (Full article...)

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The North Region (Portuguese: Região do Norte [ʁɨʒiˈɐ̃w du ˈnɔɾtɨ]) or Northern Portugal is the most populous region in Portugal, ahead of Lisbon, and the third most extensive by area. The region has 3,576,205 inhabitants according to the 2017 census, and its area is 21,278 kilometres (13,222 mi) with a density of 173 inhabitants per square kilometre. It is one of five regions of Mainland Portugal (NUTS II subdivisions). Its main population center is the urban area of Porto, with about one million inhabitants; it includes a larger political metropolitan region with 1.8 million, and an urban-metropolitan agglomeration with 2.99 million inhabitants, including Porto and neighboring cities, such as Braga, Guimarães and Póvoa de Varzim. The Commission of Regional Coordination of the North (CCDR-N) is the agency that coordinates environmental policies, land-use planning, cities and the overall development of this region, supporting local governments and associations.

Northern Portugal is a culturally varied region. It is a land of dense vegetation and profound historic and cultural wealth. What is now Northern Portugal was first settled by various pre-Celtic and Celtic tribes before being visited by a number of Mediterranean civilizations who traded in its river-mouths, including Greek, Carthaginians, conquest by the Romans, invasion by Germanic peoples, and attacks by the Moors and the Vikings. (Full article...)

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The Madeira firecrest, Madeira kinglet, or Madeiracrest (Regulus madeirensis) is a very small passerine bird endemic to the island of Madeira. It is a member of the kinglet family. Before it was recognised as a separate species in 2003, it was classified as a subspecies of the common firecrest. It differs in appearance and vocalisations from its relative, and genetic analysis has confirmed it as a different species. The Madeiran bird has green upperparts, whitish underparts and two white wingbars, and a distinctive head pattern with a black eye stripe, short white supercilium, and a crest that is mainly orange in the male and yellow in the female.

The female Madeira firecrest builds a spherical nest from cobwebs, moss and small twigs, and she incubates the eggs and broods the chicks on her own. Both parents feed the young. This species forages for insects and other small invertebrates in tree heath, laurisilva and other woodland. It is common within its restricted range, and is not considered to be threatened. (Full article...)

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Image 1A bride and her groom in the carnival of Lazarim, Portugal (from Culture of Portugal)
Image 2Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão de Magalhães) (from History of Portugal)
Image 3Aroeira 3 skull of 400,000 year old Homo heidelbergensis.
The oldest trace of human history in Portugal. (from History of Portugal)
Image 4Visigothic Hispania and its regional divisions in 700 AD. (from History of Portugal)
Image 5John IV of Portugal (from History of Portugal)
Image 6Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis of Pombal, Count of Oeiras (from History of Portugal)
Image 7António, Prior of Crato (from History of Portugal)
Image 8"Levantamento do mastro" in Fonte Arcada, Portugal (from Culture of Portugal)
Image 9Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba (from History of Portugal)
Image 10Detail of the Saint Vincent Panels, by Nuno Gonçalves (from Culture of Portugal)
Image 11Portuguese 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 12Chocalheiro of Bemposta (from Culture of Portugal)
Image 13Map of Brazil issued by Portuguese explorers in 1519. (from History of Portugal)
Image 14Vasco da Gama landing in Kerala, India. (from History of Portugal)
Image 15The 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 16Gil Vicente, 16th-century Portuguese playwright (from Culture of Portugal)
Image 17Megalithic spirals, cromlech near Évora (from History of Portugal)
Image 18Maios celebration in Madeira island (from Culture of Portugal)
Image 19Caliphate disintegrated into small Taifas kingdoms in 1031. (from History of Portugal)
Image 20Portuguese rejoice during the 1975 Carnation Revolution. (from History of Portugal)
Image 21Mértola's former mosque was transformed into a church in 1238. (from History of Portugal)
Image 22Dolmen of Cerqueira, Sever do Vouga (from History of Portugal)
Image 23In pink are areas in Africa claimed by Portugal before the 1890 British Ultimatum. (from History of Portugal)
Image 24Prehistoric Rock-Art Site of the Côa Valley (from Culture of Portugal)
Image 25Most of Portugal and Spain as Caliphate of Córdoba circa 929 to 1031. (from History of Portugal)
Image 26The Battle of Guararapes (from History of Portugal)
Image 27Gomes da Costa and his troops march victorious into Lisbon on 6 June 1926. (from History of Portugal)
Image 28 Flute player of Podence (from Culture of Portugal)
Image 29Monument 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 30Iberian Peninsula c. 560. Suebi territory with its capital in Braga (blue); Visigothic territory with its capital in Toledo (green) (from History of Portugal)
Image 31The Roman Provinces Lusitania and Gallaecia, after the reorganization of Diocletian AD 298 (from History of Portugal)
Image 32Caretos in the carnival of Podence, Portugal (from Culture of Portugal)
Image 33Al-Andalus Province of Ummayad caliphate in 750. (from History of Portugal)
Image 34Portuguese colonies in Africa by the time of the Colonial War. (from History of Portugal)
Image 35The main language areas in Iberia, circa 300 BC. (from History of Portugal)
Image 36Monarchist counter-revolutionary soldiers holding the flag of the monarchy after the capture of Porto in 1919. (from History of Portugal)
Image 37"Festa da Coca" during the Corpus Christi celebration, in Monção, Portugal (from Culture of Portugal)
Image 38The arrival of the Portuguese in Japan, the first Europeans who managed 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 39This 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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Vasco da Gama was an ironclad of the Portuguese Navy built in the 1870s by the Thames Iron Works in London. Ordered to strengthen the defenses of the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, Vasco da Gama was launched in 1876 and completed in 1878. She served as the flagship of the Portuguese fleet for the majority of her long and peaceful career. She was rebuilt and heavily modernized between 1901 and 1903. Her crew was involved in revolts in 1913 and 1914; during the latter event, they bombarded Lisbon and killed around one hundred people. Long-since obsolete by the 1930s, Vasco da Gama was finally sold for scrapping in 1935. (Full article...)

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José Maria de Eça de Queiroz or Queirós (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ mɐˈɾiɐ ðɨ ˈɛsɐ ðɨ kɐjˈɾɔʃ]; 25 November 1845 – 16 August 1900) is generally considered to have been the greatest Portuguese writer in the realist style. Zola considered him to be far greater than Flaubert. In the London Observer, Jonathan Keates ranked him alongside Dickens, Balzac and Tolstoy. (Full article...)

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Carmen Miranda Francisco de Sá Carneiro 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 Cristóvão de Mendonça Cristiano Ronaldo

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The Assembly of the Republic (Portuguese: Assembleia da República) is the Portuguese parliament; its building in Lisbon is referred to as São Bento Palace (Saint Benedict's Palace).

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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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Anémona de mar común (Anemonia viridis), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-21, DD 07
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Azulejos Parque Eduardo VII-2
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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
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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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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
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Anémona de mar común (Anemonia viridis), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-21, DD 07
Argiope July 2012-3
Azulejos Parque Eduardo VII-2
Campilhas March 2015-1a
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Erizo de mar violáceo (Sphaerechinus granularis), Madeira, Portugal, 2019-05-31, DD 40
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
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)
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
Sintra Portugal Palácio da Pena-01
Sunset 2007-1
Torre Belém April 2009-4a

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