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Lisbon , the capital of Portugal, overlooking the
Tagus river
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Location of Portugal in Europe
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 . 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Portuguese First Republic , later superseded by the authoritarian regimes of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 (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. (
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Dona Maria Amélia around age 17, c. 1849
Dona
Maria Amélia (1 December 1831 – 4 February 1853) was a princess of the
Empire of Brazil and a member of the Brazilian branch of the
House of Braganza . Her parents were Emperor
Dom
Pedro I , the first ruler of Brazil, and
Amélie of Leuchtenberg . The only child of her father's second marriage, Maria Amélia was born in
France after Pedro I abdicated the Brazilian throne in favor of his son Dom
Pedro II . Before Maria Amélia was a month old, Pedro I went to Portugal to restore the crown of the eldest daughter of his first marriage, Dona
Maria II . He fought a successful war against his brother
Miguel I , who had usurped Maria II's throne.
Only a few months after his victory, Pedro I died from
tuberculosis . Maria Amélia's mother took her to Portugal, where she remained for most of her life without ever visiting Brazil. The Brazilian government refused to recognize Maria Amélia as a member of
Brazil's Imperial House because she was foreign-born, but when her elder half-brother Pedro II was declared of age in 1840, he successfully intervened on her behalf. (
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The following are images from various Portugal-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 Natural cork bags. (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 2 Visigothic kingdom in Iberia from 625 to 711 (from
History of Portugal )
Image 3 Gomes da Costa and his troops march victorious into Lisbon on 6 June 1926. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 5 The Roman Provinces
Lusitania and
Gallaecia , after the reorganization of
Diocletian AD 298 (from
History of Portugal )
Image 7 Portuguese colonies in Africa by the time of the Colonial War. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 8 Vasco da Gama landing in
Kerala, India (from
History of Portugal )
Image 9 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 10 Mértola 's
former mosque was transformed into a church in 1238. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 11 Gil Vicente , 16th-century Portuguese
playwright (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 14 A bride and her groom in the carnival of Lazarim, Portugal (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 15 Map of Brazil issued by
Portuguese
explorers in 1519 (from
History of Portugal )
Image 16 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 17 Typical Portuguese filigree heart shaped pendant, an iconic item in Portuguese fashion and design. (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 19 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 20 Rooster of Barcelos , the iconic Portuguese souvenir (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 21 Maios celebration in Madeira island
[1] (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 22 "Levantamento do mastro" in Fonte Arcada, Portugal (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 23 Flute player of Podence (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 24 Megalithic spirals,
cromlech near
Évora (from
History of Portugal )
Image 25 The main language areas in Iberia, circa 300 BC. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 26 John IV of Portugal (from
History of Portugal )
Image 27 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 28 Dolmen of Cerqueira,
Sever do Vouga (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 Megalithic Monuments of Alcalar , built in the 3rd millennium BCE (from
History of Portugal )
Image 33 The frontispiece of the 1826 Portuguese Constitution featuring King-Emperor
Pedro IV and his daughter Queen
Maria II (from
History of Portugal )
Image 34 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 35 Aroeira 3 skull of 400,000 year old
Homo heidelbergensis .
The oldest trace of human history in Portugal. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 36 Portuguese rejoice during the 1975 Carnation Revolution. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 37 Most of Portugal and Spain as
Caliphate of Córdoba circa 929 to 1031. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 38 Carnival parade in
Loulé ,
Algarve region. (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 40 Caliphate disintegrated into small
Taifas kingdoms in 1031. (from
History of Portugal )
Image 41 Caretos in the carnival of Podence, Portugal (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 42 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 43 "
Festa da Coca " during the
Corpus Christi celebration, in
Monção , Portugal (from
Culture of Portugal )
Image 44 Example of Castræ round houses,
Citânia de Briteiros (from
History of Portugal )
Image 45 Areas of the Roman province of Hispania occupied by the barbarian people c. 409-429 (from
History of Portugal )
Image 46 Ferdinand Magellan (
Fernão de Magalhães ) (from
History of Portugal )
Image 47 Monarchist counter-revolutionary soldiers holding the
flag of the monarchy after the capture of
Porto in 1919. (from
History of Portugal )
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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
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Iberian Peninsula antique map
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Pez ballesta (Balistes capriscus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-23, DD 24
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Campilhas March 2015-1a
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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 Isabel of Portugal in front of the Prado in 1829 by Bernardo López y piquer
POR-4-Imperial Treasury-2400 Reis (1798-99)
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