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Hace 3 días · Portugal traces its national origin to 24 June 1128, the date of the Battle of São Mamede. Afonso proclaimed himself Prince of Portugal after this battle and in 1139, he assumed the title King of Portugal. In 1143, the Kingdom of León recognised him as King of Portugal by the Treaty of Zamora.
Hace 2 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 3 días · The new ruling dynasty led Portugal to the limelight of European politics and culture. They created and sponsored literature, such as a history of Portugal, by Fernão Lopes. Portugal spearheaded European exploration of the world and the Age of Discovery under the sponsorship of Prince Henry the Navigator.
Hace 2 días · 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 · Idanha-a-Velha is an architectural gem, recognised as one of the oldest villages in Portugal. Its heritage reflects Celtic, Roman Classicist, Visigothic, Arabic, Medieval, and Portuguese Manueline influences. As an added bonus, the 16th-century church holds the largest collection of Roman epigraphs in Europe, making it ideal for history and ...
Hace 4 días · In the 16th century, Portugal’s golden age, Galician and Portuguese grew farther apart, with the consolidation of the standard Portuguese language. From the 16th to the 18th century, Galician was used only as a home language (i.e., as a means of communication within the family).
Hace 2 días · It was one of the longest-lived colonial empires in European history, lasting 584 years from the conquest of Ceuta in North Africa in 1415, to the transfer of sovereignty over Macau to China in 1999. The empire began in the 15th century, and from the early 16th century it stretched across the globe, with bases in Africa, North ...
