Portugal

Portugal (Portuguese: [puɾtuˈɣaɫ]), officially the Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: República Portuguesa), is a country on the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the westernmost country of mainland Europe, being bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east. The Portugal–Spain border is 1,214 km (754 mi) long and considered the longest uninterrupted border within the European Union. The republic also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, both autonomous regions with their own regional governments.

The land within the borders of current Portugal has been continuously settled and fought over since prehistoric times. The Celts and the Romans were followed by the Visigothic and the Suebi Germanic peoples, who were themselves later invaded by the Moors. These Muslim peoples were eventually expelled during the Christian Reconquista of the peninsula. By 1139, Portugal had established itself as a kingdom independent from León. In the 15th and 16th centuries, as the result of pioneering the Age of Discovery, Portugal expanded Western influence and established the first global empire, becoming one of the world's major economic, political and military powers.

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Business Day 02 Oct 2024
It’s witnessed long-extinct animals, such as sabre-toothed cats, giant zebras, thee-toed horses and the African bear, which roamed these climes millions of years ago; some of modern man’s earliest progenitors, as borne out by the 117,000-year-old fossilised footprint of a woman ......
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What Does It Take to Destroy a World Order?

Scheerpost 21 Sep 2024
A century after, when Protestant Dutch mariners defied Catholic Portugal’s mare clausum by seizing one of its merchant ships off Singapore, their jurist Hugo Grotius argued persuasively, in his 1609 treatise Mare Liberum (“Freedom of the Seas”), that the sea like the air is “so ......
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The 18 best villages to relocate to in Portugal: Live in secret spots for £38,000 ...

The Daily Mail 18 Sep 2024
With its sunny climate, friendly communities and low cost of living, Portugal is becoming increasingly popular among Britons looking to emigrate overseas ... It's also well located for major Algarve attractions such as Zoo Marine and Aquashow, the largest waterpark in Portugal, while the local area also offers plenty of hiking and cycling trails....

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