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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. It is a unitary republic made up by mainland Portugal and two autonomous regions, with Lisbon as both its capital and largest city. It has a total population of over 10.7 million. The mainland borders Spain to the north and east, with Madeira and the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean. It features the westernmost point in continental Europe.

The western Iberian Peninsula has been inhabited since prehistory, with the earliest signs of settlement dating to 5500 BC. Portugal was initially established as a county of the Kingdom of León in 868, and formally as a kingdom in 1179 resulting from the Reconquista against the Muslims. It later became one of the main participants of the Age of Discovery, made several seminal advancements in nautical science and was among the first European countries to explore and discover new territories and sea routes, establishing settlements, colonies, and trading posts. After it became a republic in 1910, Portugal lived under dictatorship from 1926 until its overthrow in 1974 enabling the full establishment of democracy in 1976.

It is a semi-presidential constitutional unitary republic and multi-party representative democracy with four separate sovereignty bodies: president, government, parliament, and judiciary. It has a unicameral national legislature known as the Assembly of the Republic. Portugal has developed a complex system to manage its territory, even though the mainland continues to remain highly centralized. (Full article...)

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Braga is a city and a municipality, capital of the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality had a resident population of 201,583 inhabitants (in 2023), representing the seventh largest municipality in Portugal by population. Its area is 183.40 km2. Its agglomerated urban area extends to the Cávado River and is the third most populated urban area in Portugal, behind Lisbon and Porto Metropolitan Areas.

It is host to the oldest Portuguese archdiocese, the Archdiocese of Braga of the Catholic Church and it is the seat of the Primacy of the Spains. During the Roman Empire, then known as Bracara Augusta, the settlement was the capital of the Roman province of Gallaecia and would later become the capital of the Kingdom of the Suebi, one of the first territories to separate from the Roman Empire in the 5th century. Inside the city there is also a castle tower that can be visited. Nowadays, Braga is among the most noted entrepreneurial and technological centers of the country, as well as a major hub for inland Northern Portugal, and it is an important stop on the Portuguese Way path of the Road of St James. The city hosted two games of the UEFA Euro 2004 and was the European Youth Capital in 2012. (Full article...)

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Samora Machel reviewing FRELIMO troops

The Mozambican War of Independence was an armed conflict between the guerrilla forces of the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) and Portugal. The war officially started on 25 September 1964, and ended with a ceasefire on 8 September 1974, resulting in a negotiated independence in 1975.

Portugal's wars against guerrilla fighters seeking independence in its 400-year-old African territories began in 1961 with Angola. In Mozambique, the conflict erupted in 1964 as a result of unrest and frustration amongst many indigenous Mozambican populations, who perceived foreign rule as exploitation and mistreatment, which served only to further Portuguese economic interests in the region. Many Mozambicans also resented Portugal's policies towards indigenous people, which resulted in discrimination and limited access to Portuguese-style education and skilled employment. (Full article...)

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"One who has no dog, hunts with a cat."

Quem não tem cão caça com gato

Portuguese proverb

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Panorama of Póvoa de Varzim

Póvoa de Varzim (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpɔvu.ɐ ðɨ vɐɾˈzĩ] ⓘ) is a Portuguese city in Northern Portugal and sub-region of Greater Porto, 30 km (18.6 mi) from its city centre. It sits in a sandy coastal plain, a cuspate foreland, halfway between the Minho and Douro rivers. In 2001, there were 63,470 inhabitants, with 42,396 living in the city proper. The city expanded southwards, to Vila do Conde, and there are about 100,000 inhabitants in the urban area alone. It is the seventh-largest urban agglomeration in Portugal and the third largest in Northern Portugal.

Permanent settlement in Póvoa de Varzim dates back to around four to six thousand years ago. Around 900 BC, unrest in the region led to the establishment of Cividade de Terroso, a fortified city, which developed maritime trade routes with the civilizations of classical antiquity. Modern Póvoa de Varzim emerged after the conquest by the Roman Republic of the city by 138 BC; fishing and fish processing units soon developed, which became the foundations of the local economy. By the 11th century, the fishing industry and fertile farmlands were the economic base of a feudal lordship and Varzim was fiercely disputed between the local overlords and the early Portuguese kings, which resulted in the establishment of the present day's municipality in 1308 and being subjugated to monastic power some years later. Póvoa de Varzim's importance reemerged with the Age of Discovery due to its shipbuilders and merchants proficiency and wealth, who traded around the globe in complex trade routes. By the 17th century, the fish processing industry rebounded and, sometime later, Póvoa became the dominant fishing port in Northern Portugal. (Full article...)

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Marcelo Nuno Duarte Rebelo de Sousa GColTE GCIH ComSE (born 12 December 1948) is a Portuguese politician and academic who served as the president of Portugal from 2016 to 2026. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party, though he suspended his party membership for the duration of his presidency. Rebelo de Sousa has previously served as a government minister, parliamentarian in the Assembly of the Republic, legal scholar, journalist, political analyst, law professor, and pundit. (Full article...)

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Panoramic view of the historical part of Porto, featuring the river Douro

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  • Anémona incrustante amarilla (Parazoanthus axinellae), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2022-07-20, DD 49
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  • Campilhas March 2015-1a
  • Carmen Miranda in That Night in Rio (1941)
  • CastleSaintGeorge
  • Cat November 2010-1a
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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
  • Faneca (Trisopterus luscus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2022-07-29, DD 43
  • 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
  • Jorge Aguiar 1492 MR
  • Kiwifruit cross section
  • Lagoa do Capitão com montanha do pico
  • Lang's short tail blue (Leptotes pirithous) male underside
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  • Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (Web Summit)
  • Maria I, Queen of Portugal - Giuseppe Troni, atribuído (Turim, 1739-Lisboa, 1810) - Google Cultural Institute
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  • Moma amarilla (Tripterygion delaisi), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2022-07-20, DD 29
  • Moma amarilla (Tripterygion delaisi), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2022-07-29, DD 32
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  • Nicolaes Visscher - Pharnambuci (Pernambuco, Brazil)
  • POR-4-Imperial Treasury-2400 Reis (1798-99)
  • Papaver April 2010-9
  • Pez ballesta (Balistes capriscus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-23, DD 24
  • Philip IV of Spain - Velázquez 1644
  • Polypogon monspeliensis (1)
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  • Pot-bellied pigs in Lisbon Zoo 2008
  • Puente Don Luis I, Oporto, Portugal, 2012-05-09, DD 13
  • Salmonete de roca (Mullus surmuletus), 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
  • Sunset 2007-1
  • Torre Belém April 2009-4a
  • Vila Viçosa September 2013-25a
  • Wasp July 2008-1
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  • Acrididae grasshopper-2
  • Alcobaça October 2021-1
  • Amalia Rodrigues, Bestanddeelnr 922-1813 (cropped)
  • Anémona de mar común (Anemonia viridis), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-21, DD 07
  • Anémona incrustante amarilla (Parazoanthus axinellae), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2022-07-20, DD 49
  • Argiope July 2012-3
  • Azulejos Parque Eduardo VII-2
  • Bartolomeu Velho 1568
  • Batalha September 2021-2
  • Campilhas March 2015-1a
  • Carmen Miranda in That Night in Rio (1941)
  • CastleSaintGeorge
  • Cat November 2010-1a
  • Dragonfly Porto Covo August 2021-4
  • 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
  • Iberian Peninsula antique map
  • Iglesia de San Ildefonso, Oporto, Portugal, 2012-05-09, DD 01
  • Jorge Aguiar 1492 MR
  • Kiwifruit cross section
  • Lagoa do Capitão com montanha do pico
  • Lang's short tail blue (Leptotes pirithous) male underside
  • LuzLissabon
  • Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (Web Summit)
  • 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
  • Nazaré February 2013-12
  • POR-4-Imperial Treasury-2400 Reis (1798-99)
  • Papaver April 2010-9
  • Pez ballesta (Balistes capriscus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-23, DD 24
  • Philip IV of Spain - Velázquez 1644
  • Polypogon monspeliensis (1)
  • Porto Covo pano April 2009-4
  • Porto3flat-cc-contr-oliv1002 edit2
  • Portugal 1729 8 Escudos
  • Pot-bellied pigs in Lisbon Zoo 2008
  • Puente Don Luis I, Oporto, Portugal, 2012-05-09, DD 13
  • Salmonete de roca (Mullus surmuletus), 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
  • Sunset 2007-1
  • Torre Belém April 2009-4a
  • Vila Viçosa September 2013-25a
  • Wasp July 2008-1
  • Wasp May 2008-11
  • Wasp colony
  • Mercenary War

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