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Hace 1 día · The Portuguese Empire (Portuguese: Império Português, European Portuguese: [ĩˈpɛ.ɾju puɾ.tuˈɣeʃ]), also known as the Portuguese Overseas (Ultramar Português) or the Portuguese Colonial Empire (Império Colonial Português), was composed of the overseas colonies, factories, and later overseas territories, governed by the ...
Hace 2 días · Though not dominant in European affairs, Portugal did have an extensive colonial trading empire throughout the world backed by a powerful thalassocracy. Portugal was a pioneer in, and major beneficiary of, the Atlantic slave trade , leading to nearly four centuries of Slavery in Portugal .
Hace 3 días · Portugal, country lying along the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. Once continental Europe’s greatest power, Portugal shares commonalities, geographic and cultural, with the countries of both northern Europe and the Mediterranean. Learn more about Portugal.
Hace 4 días · May 26, 2024. Perched at the mouth of the Tagus River in Lisbon, Portugal stands the iconic Belém Tower, a stunning fortified tower that has stood witness to over 500 years of Portuguese history. Constructed during the height of Portugal‘s maritime expansion, Belém Tower embodies the spirit of the Age of Discovery and serves as a enduring ...
Hace 1 día · Once a remote outpost on what was thought to be the farthest edge of the known world, Lisbon had established itself as a centre of operations for Portuguese exploration by the 15th century. The city centre was destroyed by an earthquake in 1755 but was rebuilt by the marquês de Pombal.
Hace 2 días · Beginning in 726, the land that is now Portugal became part of the vast Umayyad Caliphate's empire of Damascus, until its collapse in 750. That year the west of the empire gained its independence under Abd-ar-Rahman I with the establishment of the Emirate of Córdoba .
Hace 5 días · Bartolomeu Dias (born c. 1450—died May 29, 1500, at sea, near Cape of Good Hope) was a Portuguese navigator and explorer who led the first European expedition to round the Cape of Good Hope (1488), opening the sea route to Asia via the Atlantic and Indian oceans.
