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Photograph from the Penha Sanctuary picturing the city of Guimarães in 2013. Known as the "Birthplace of Portugal" or "The Cradle City", Guimarães played a crucial role in the foundation of the oldest nation state in the world, serving as it's first capital and the site of the Battle of São Mamede in 1128, where Portugal secured it's independence from the Kingdom of Galicia.
The main gate/portal of the fort and Pousada hostel The Chapel of Santo António, within the walls of the fort. Originally, the fort was anchored on a rocky shoreline that extended into the harbour and surrounded by a narrow strip of beach sand on either side, with a small dock on its southern lateral wall (called theCais da Alfândega, or Customs wharf). [15]
Estoi Palace (Portuguese: Palácio de Estoi), also known as Casa de Estói, Quinta de Estói, and Quinta do Carvalhal, and originally as Jardim de Estoy, is a historic building located near the town of Estói, in the municipality of Faro, in the Algarve region of Portugal.
Vasco da Gama Tower is the tallest building in Portugal since 1998. This is a list of the tallest buildings in Portugal. Since 1998 the tallest building in Portugal has been the 145-metre (476 ft) Torre Vasco da Gama in Lisbon. The list only contains buildings at least 80 metres (260 ft) high.
The depiction of LGBT characters in animated series in the 2020s changed from the 2010s, accelerating, especially when it came to Western animation. In Western animation this included series such as The Owl House (2020–2023), [1] Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (2020), [2] Helluva Boss (2020–present), [3] Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020–2024), [4] Adventure Time: Distant Lands (2020–2021 ...
The population in 2011 was 172,120 [1] living in an area of 45.88 km 2, [2] making the municipality the fifth-most densely populated in Portugal. Oeiras is an important economic hub, being one of the most highly developed municipalities of Portugal and Europe.
The Human history in Santa Cruz dates back to prehistory with its Paleolithic remains and antiquity with a Roman settlement which was slowly engulfed by the ocean. In the middle ages, like other places in the western world, the region suffered an urban, social and architectural decline, only surviving adverse conditions as a community, and later throughout the 17th century, the locality had ...
Portugal, [e] officially the Portuguese Republic, [f] is a country in the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe.Featuring the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it shares the longest uninterrupted border in the European Union; to the south and the west is the North Atlantic Ocean; and to the west and southwest lie the ...