Portal:Portugal

Welcome to the Portugal portal Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, overlooking the Tagus river Flag of Portugal Location of Portugal in Europe Portugal (Portuguese: [puɾtuˈɣaɫ]), officially the Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: República Portuguesa [ʁɛˈpuβlikɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ]), is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula, in south-western Europe. It is the westernmost sovereign state in mainland Europe, being bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain. Its territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, both autonomous regions with their own regional governments. The official and national language is Portuguese. Portugal is the oldest nation state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times. It was inhabited by pre-Celtic and Celtic peoples, visited by Phoenicians-Carthaginians, Ancient Greeks and ruled by the Romans, who were followed by the invasions of the Suebi and Visigothic Germanic peoples. After the invasion of the Iberian Peninsula by the Moors, most of its territory was part of Al-Andalus. Portugal as a country was established during the early Christian Reconquista. Founded in 868, the County of Portugal gained prominence after the Battle of São Mamede (1128). The Kingdom of Portugal was later proclaimed following the Battle of Ourique (1139), and independence from León was recognized by the Treaty of Zamora (1143). In the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal established the first global maritime and commercial empire, becoming one of the world's major economic, political and military powers. During this period, today referred to as the Age of Discovery, Portuguese explorers pioneered maritime exploration with the discovery of what would become Brazil (1500). During this time Portugal monopolized the spice trade, divided the world into hemispheres of dominion with Castile, and the empire expanded with military campaigns in Asia. However, events such as the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, the country's occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence of Brazil (1822) erased to a great extent Portugal's prior opulence. (Full article...) Selected article - The Portuguese Empire (Portuguese: Império Português), also known as the Portuguese Overseas (Ultramar Português) or the Portuguese Colonial Empire (Império Colonial Português), was composed of the overseas colonies and territories governed by Portugal. One of the longest-lived empires in world history, it existed for almost six centuries, from the capture of Ceuta in 1415, to the handover of Portuguese 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 North and South America, Africa, and various regions of Asia and Oceania. The Portuguese Empire originated at the beginning of the Age of Discovery, and the power and influence of the Kingdom of Portugal would eventually expand across the globe. In the wake of the Reconquista, Portuguese sailors began exploring the coast of Africa and the Atlantic archipelagos in 1418–19, using recent developments in navigation, cartography and maritime technology such as the caravel, with the aim of finding a sea route to the source of the lucrative spice-trade. In 1488 Bartolomeu Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and in 1498 Vasco da Gama reached India. In 1500, either by an accidental landfall or by the crown's secret design, Pedro Álvares Cabral reached what would be Brazil. (Full article...) List of selected articles Treaty of Tordesillas Fátima, Portugal Estádio da Luz (1954) Our Lady of Fátima Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley Belém Tower Portuguese Naval Aviation Lisbon Half Marathon Lisbon Airport Azores Fort of Santa Cruz (Horta) Madeira Castle of Evoramonte Norte Region, Portugal Cult of the Holy Spirit Vila Nova de Gaia Terceira Island Porto Braga Coimbra Alcobaça, Portugal Cividade de Terroso Portuguese Renaissance Portuguese Riviera Belém Palace Horta, Azores Santa Justa Lift Chaves, Portugal Cividade Hill Citânia de Briteiros Escoural Cave Peneda-Gerês National Park Ponta Delgada, Santa Cruz das Flores S.L. Benfica (women's football) Santa Cruz (Coimbra) Featured article - This is a Featured article, which represents some of the best content on English Wikipedia. Pedro Álvares Cabral (European Portuguese: [ˈpeðɾu ˈaɫvɐr(ɨ)ʃ kɐˈβɾaɫ] or Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈpedɾu ˈawvɐɾis kaˈbɾaw]; born Pedro Álvares de Gouveia; c. 1467 or 1468 – c. 1520) was a Portuguese nobleman, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the European discoverer of Brazil. In 1500 Cabral conducted the first substantial exploration of the northeast coast of South America and claimed it for Portugal. While details of Cabral's early life remain unclear, it is known that he came from a minor noble family and received a good education. He was appointed to head an expedition to India in 1500, following Vasco da Gama's newly-opened route around Africa. The undertaking had the aim of returning with valuable spices and of establishing trade relations in India—bypassing the monopoly on the spice trade then in the hands of Arab, Turkish and Italian merchants. Although the previous expedition of Vasco da Gama to India, on its sea route, had recorded signs of land west of the southern Atlantic Ocean (in 1497), Cabral led the first known expedition to have touched four continents: Europe, Africa, America, and Asia. His fleet of 13 ships sailed far into the western Atlantic Ocean, perhaps intentionally, and made landfall (April 1500) on what he initially assumed to be a large island. As the new land was within the Portuguese sphere according to the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas, Cabral claimed it for the Portuguese Crown. He explored the coast, realizing that the large land mass was probably a continent, and dispatched a ship to notify King Manuel I of the new territory. The continent was South America, and the land he had claimed for Portugal later came to be known as Brazil. The fleet reprovisioned and then turned eastward to resume the journey to India. (Full article...) List of Featured articles FC Porto in international football competitions Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil Battle of Albuera 2005 Azores subtropical storm Madeira firecrest Flag of Portugal Mozambican War of Independence Palace of Queluz Pedro I of Brazil Rhodesian mission in Lisbon Trocaz pigeon Selected quote - "Hats there are plenty, you fool!" Chapéus há muitos, seu palerma! Vasco Santana in A Canção de Lisboa General images The following are images from various Portugal-related articles on Wikipedia. This 1755 copper engraving shows the ruins of Lisbon in flames and a tsunami overwhelming the ships in the harbor. (from History of Portugal) Gil Vicente, 16th-century Portuguese playwright (from Culture of Portugal) The Battle of Guararapes (from History of Portugal) The 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) A bride and her groom in the carnival of Lazarim, Portugal (from Culture of Portugal) 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) Megalithic spirals, cromlech near Évora (from History of Portugal) Portuguese colonies in Africa by the time of the Colonial War. (from History of Portugal) Visigothic Hispania and its regional divisions in 700 AD. (from History of Portugal) Iberian Peninsula c. 560. Suebi territory with its capital in Braga (blue); Visigothic territory with its capital in Toledo (green) (from History of Portugal) 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) Prehistoric Rock-Art Site of the Côa Valley (from Culture of Portugal) Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis of Pombal, Count of Oeiras (from History of Portugal) Vasco da Gama landing in Kerala, India. (from History of Portugal) John IV of Portugal (from History of Portugal) The main language areas in Iberia, circa 300 BC. (from History of Portugal) "Festa da Coca" during the Corpus Christi celebration, in Monção, Portugal (from Culture of Portugal) 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) Mértola's former mosque was transformed into a church in 1238. (from History of Portugal) "Levantamento do mastro" in Fonte Arcada, Portugal (from Culture of Portugal) Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão de Magalhães) (from History of Portugal) Flute player of Podence (from Culture of Portugal) Most of Portugal and Spain as Caliphate of Córdoba circa 929 to 1031. (from History of Portugal) Maios celebration in Madeira island [1] (from Culture of Portugal) Dolmen of Cerqueira, Sever do Vouga (from History of Portugal) Caretos in the carnival of Podence, Portugal (from Culture of Portugal) Caliphate disintegrated into small Taifas kingdoms in 1031. (from History of Portugal) Chocalheiro of Bemposta (from Culture of Portugal) Aroeira 3 skull of 400,000 year old Homo heidelbergensis. The oldest trace of human history in Portugal. (from History of Portugal) Map of Brazil issued by Portuguese explorers in 1519. (from History of Portugal) Al-Andalus Province of Ummayad caliphate in 750. (from History of Portugal) The Roman Provinces Lusitania and Gallaecia, after the reorganization of Diocletian AD 298 (from History of Portugal) Gomes da Costa and his troops march victorious into Lisbon on 6 June 1926. (from History of Portugal) Detail of the Saint Vincent Panels, by Nuno Gonçalves (from Culture of Portugal) Good article - This is a Good article, an article that meets a core set of high editorial standards. Colonial era Map of the Jaffna kingdom c. 1619 The Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom occurred after Portuguese traders arrived at the rival Kotte Kingdom in the southwest of modern Sri Lanka in 1505. Many kings of Jaffna, such as Cankili I, initially confronted the Portuguese in their attempts at converting the locals to Roman Catholicism, but eventually made peace with them. By 1591, the king of Jaffna Ethirimanna Cinkam was installed by the Portuguese. Although he was nominally a client, he resisted missionary activities and helped the interior Kandyan kingdom in its quest to get military help from South India. Eventually, a usurper named Cankili II resisted Portuguese overlordship only to find himself ousted and hanged by Phillippe de Oliveira in 1619. The subsequent rule by the Portuguese saw the population convert to Roman Catholicism. The population also decreased due to excessive taxation, as most people fled the core areas of the former kingdom. (Full article...) List of Good articles Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho Póvoa de Varzim Aliqoli Jadid-ol-Eslam Caldas da Rainha Fernão Pires de Andrade Battle of Orthez History of Bombay under Portuguese rule (1534–1661) 1980 Azores Islands earthquake Roderigo Lopez Lusitano Nuno Mendes (footballer) Portuguese ironclad Vasco da Gama S.L. Benfica in European football Selected Biography - Paulo de Sacadura Cabral Portas (born 12 September 1962, Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpawlu ˈpɔɾtɐʃ]) is a Portuguese media and political figure, who has, since the 1990s, been one of Portugal's leading conservative politicians. He was the leader of one of Portugal's right-wing parties, the CDS – People's Party (CDS-PP) from 1998 to 2005 and 2007–2016, on whose lists he was elected to the Portuguese Parliament in every legislative election between 1995 and 2015. He was Deputy Prime Minister from 2013 to 2015, Minister of State and Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2013, and Minister of Defence from 2002 to 2005, all three times in coalitions of the PSD and his CDS-PP. Portas withdrew from politics in 2016. (Full article...) List of selected biographies Carmen Miranda Francisco de Sá Carneiro José Maria de Eça de Queirós 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 Abel Xavier Antonio Díaz de Cardoso António Manoel de Vilhena Zeca Afonso Cristóvão de Mendonça Cristiano Ronaldo Selected picture - Lisbon Oceanarium, a marine biology museum and one of the largest aquariums in the world. Did you know - ...that the 36 members of the first Central Committee of the Portuguese Communist Party elected after the Carnation Revolution had, in the aggregate, experienced more than 300 years in jail. ...that Portuguese jurist João das Regras aided John I of Portugal by refuting the arguments of pretenders to the throne during the 1383–1385 Crisis? ...that Octávio Pato, Salgado Zenha, Mário Soares, Júlio Pomar and Mário Sacramento made part of the leadership of the Juvenile MUD, the youth wing of the Movement of Democratic Unity? Portugal topics Portugal lists Biology List of Portuguese birds Culture List of Portuguese Museums Economy List of Portuguese companies Education List of colleges and universities in Portugal Geography List of municipalities of Portugal List of cities in Portugal List of towns in Portugal List of islands of Portugal People List of Portuguese people List of Portuguese writers Politics List of Portuguese monarchs List of Presidents of Portugal List of Prime Ministers of Portugal Religion List of Cardinals from Portugal List of Bishops of Porto Subcategories Select [►] to view subcategories ▼ Portugal ► Portugal-related lists ► Buildings and structures in Portugal ► Portuguese culture ► Economy of Portugal ► Education in Portugal ► Geography of Portugal ► Government of Portugal ► Health in Portugal ► History of Portugal ► Organisations based in Portugal ► Politics of Portugal ► Portuguese people ► Portuguese society ► Portugal stubs Recognized content Featured articles 2005 Azores subtropical storm Battle of Albuera Allosaurus Pedro Álvares Cabral FC Porto in international football First Punic War Flag of Portugal Battle of the Gebora Madeira firecrest Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil Mercenary War Mozambican War of Independence Palace of Queluz Pedro I of Brazil Rhodesian mission in Lisbon Trocaz pigeon Former featured articles 1755 Lisbon earthquake Battle of Aljubarrota Bullfighting History of Portugal (1777–1834) Ferdinand Magellan Portuguese language War of the Spanish Succession Featured lists List of S.L. Benfica players (25–99 appearances) List of S.L. Benfica players List of international goals scored by Cristiano Ronaldo Former featured lists List of presidents of Portugal List of municipalities of Portugal List of Portuguese monarchs Good articles 1967 European Cup Final 1980 Azores Islands earthquake 1986 enlargement of the European Communities 1999–2000 S.L. Benfica season 2000–01 S.L. Benfica season 2001–02 S.L. Benfica season 2002–03 S.L. Benfica season 2003–04 S.L. Benfica season 2004–05 S.L. Benfica season 2005–06 S.L. Benfica season 2006–07 S.L. Benfica season 2007–08 S.L. Benfica season 2008–09 S.L. Benfica season Aliqoli Jadid-ol-Eslam Amar pelos dois Fernão Pires de Andrade Caldas da Rainha Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho European debt crisis History of Bombay under Portuguese rule (1534–1661) Kerry slug Roderigo Lopez Lusitano Disappearance of Madeleine McCann Mediterranean campaign of 1798 Nuno Mendes (footballer, born 1978) Nani (footballer) Neanderthal Battle of Orthez Portugal at the 1952 Winter Olympics Portugal at the 2006 Winter Olympics Portugal at the 2010 Winter Olympics Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom Póvoa de Varzim Punic Wars Battle of Quifangondo Cuca Roseta S.L. Benfica in international football Siege of the Salamanca forts Second Punic War Portuguese ironclad Vasco da Gama Subtropical Storm Alpha (2020) Former good articles Catarina Eufémia Nelly Furtado History of the Portuguese Communist Party Hydatius Macau Portuguese Communist Party Portuguese conquest of French Guiana Vandals Did you know? articles 1980 Azores Islands earthquake 1986 enlargement of the European Communities 2005 Azores subtropical storm 2011 Portuguese legislative election Abbasid–Carolingian alliance Águas Livres Aqueduct Ala-Arriba! (film) Alcobaça Monastery Aldeadávila Dam Almond Blossom Cross Country Alto River Anabela Braz Pires Francisco D'Andrade Angolan War of Independence Melissa Antunes Architecture of Póvoa de Varzim Francisco Barreto Battle of Chaul (1508) Battle of Fukuda Bay Battle of Macau Battle of Salt River Mónica Bettencourt-Dias Diogo de Boitaca Botanical Garden of Faial Buçaco Forest Cacela Velha Gabriela Canavilhas Capture of Malacca (1511) Carcavelos Carmo Convent Carrapateira, Aljezur Rodrigo de Castro Pereira Church of Saint Ildefonso Churchill's Port Cividade de Terroso Judith R. Cohen Colóquios dos simples e drogas da India Gonçalo Teixeira Corrêa Carlos Eugénio Correia da Silva, Count of Paço de Arcos Cão de Gado Transmontano Sisnando Davides Desfado Albertina Dias Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum Dragon's Tail (peninsula) Dudum siquidem Dum Diversas E Depois do Adeus Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl Embassy of Portugal, Bangkok Factory House Gerald the Fearless Ferdinand the Holy Prince Mateus Fernandes Diogo Fernandes Pereira Rúben Fernandes Odette Ferreira Matilde Fidalgo Football Leaks Siege of Galle (1640) Battle of the Gebora General Confederation of Labour (Portugal) Goa liberation movement Bento de Góis Gruta das Torres Henrique Henriques Hermeric History of Portuguese wine Hospital Real de Todos-os-Santos Iberian Pyrite Belt Iberian ribbed newt João das Regras Joint Declaration on the Question of Macau Kandyan commerce raiding against Portugal (1612–13) Lighthouse of Ponta das Contendas Lisbon Half Marathon Aaron Lopez Treaty of the Three Black Eagles Robert Machin Maria Luísa de Sousa Holstein, 3rd Duchess of Palmela Frederico Marques Masseira Mattancherry Palace Mazagran (drink) André Furtado de Mendonça Mercenary War O meu coração não tem cor Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha Monastery of Serra do Pilar Luís da Silva Mouzinho de Albuquerque Neanderthal New Portuguese Letters Nossa Senhora da Graça incident Josefa de Óbidos Oppas Anglo-Persian capture of Ormuz Palace of Mafra Palácio de Ferro Bernardo Peres da Silva Rafael Perestrello El Piñal Manuel Pinho Rui Pinto Tomé Pires Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne Port of Póvoa de Varzim Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Portuguese–Mamluk naval war Portuguese Socialist Party Portuguese conquest of Goa Portuguese conquest of Ormuz Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom Portuguese invasion of Jaffna kingdom (1560) Portuguese invasion of Jaffna kingdom (1591) Portuguese settlement in Chittagong Postage stamps and postal history of the Niassa Company Praça do Almada Punic Wars Pyrenean desman Jácome Ratton Luiz Francisco Rebello Rechiar Rhodesian mission in Lisbon Ribeira Palace Roman Temple of Évora Cuca Roseta S.C. Braga in European football Battle of Sabugal Church of Saint Francis, Kochi Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte Aníbal dos Santos São Bartolomeu dos Galegos São José Paquete Africa Saptagram São Schlumberger John Scolvus Sedlo Seamount Senhora das Dores Church Francisco Serrão Siege of Cannanore (1507) Siege of Diu (1538) Siglas poveiras Carmen Souza Symington Family Estates Terra Chã Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida Topo Islet Tricana poveira Orlanda Velez Isidro Wallada bint al-Mustakfi War of the Castilian Succession Water supply and sanitation in Portugal Featured pictures Argiope July 2012-3 Azulejos Parque Eduardo VII-2 Campilhas March 2015-1a CastleSaintGeorge Erizo de mar violáceo (Sphaerechinus granularis), Madeira, Portugal, 2019-05-31, DD 40 Iberian Peninsula antique map Iglesia de San Ildefonso, Oporto, Portugal, 2012-05-09, DD 01.JPG Lang's short tail blue (Leptotes pirithous) male underside LuzLissabon 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.JPG Sintra Portugal Palácio da Pena-01 Sunset 2007-1 Torre Belém April 2009-4a Former featured portals Portal:Portugal In the News articles 2010 Lisbon summit José Manuel Barroso Bullfighting Carlos do Carmo Casa Pia child sexual abuse scandal European debt crisis European migrant crisis Eurovision Song Contest 2018 Paulo Gonçalves (motorcyclist) António Guterres June 2017 Portugal wildfires Hurricane Leslie (2018) 2010 Madeira floods and mudslides Altino Pinto de Magalhães Guida Maria Neanderthal Manoel de Oliveira 2021 Portuguese presidential election Same-sex marriage in Portugal José Saramago José Sócrates 2021 UEFA Champions League Final Main page featured articles 1755 Lisbon earthquake 2005 Azores subtropical storm Battle of Albuera Allosaurus Battle of Aljubarrota Bullfighting Pedro Álvares Cabral FC Porto in international football Flag of Portugal Battle of the Gebora History of Portugal (1777–1834) Madeira firecrest Ferdinand Magellan Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil Mercenary War Mozambican War of Independence Palace of Queluz Pedro I of Brazil Portuguese language Rhodesian mission in Lisbon War of the Spanish Succession Trocaz pigeon Picture of the day pictures Azulejos Parque Eduardo VII-2 Campilhas March 2015-1a CastleSaintGeorge Iberian Peninsula antique map Iglesia de San Ildefonso, Oporto, Portugal, 2012-05-09, DD 01.JPG Lang's short tail blue (Leptotes pirithous) male underside LuzLissabon 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.JPG Sintra Portugal Palácio da Pena-01 Sunset 2007-1 Torre Belém April 2009-4a Things you can do Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Portugal under Castile and León, Discovery of the Azores Islands, Liberal Revolution of Porto Expand : Subdivisions of Portugal Stubs : Please expand stub articles listed at Category:Portugal stubs Verify : Agostinho da Silva, António Teixeira de Sousa, First Battle of Guararapes Related Portals Europe European Union Spain France Morocco Related WikiProjects WikiProject Portugal WikiProject Portuguese geography (inactive) WikiProject Porto (inactive) Associated Wikimedia Portals Activities Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Nature People Philosophy Religion Society Technology Random portal