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Portugal, [ d] officially the Portuguese Republic, [ e] is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.
João da Nova ( Galician: Xoán de Novoa, Joam de Nôvoa; Spanish: Juan de Nova; Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈɐ̃w dɐ ˈnɔvɐ]; c. 1460 in Maceda, Ourense, Galicia, Spain – July 16, 1509, in Kochi, India) was a Galician-born explorer in the service of Portugal. He is credited as the discoverer of Ascension and Saint Helena islands.
Portugal; Nickname(s) A Seleção das Quinas (The Team of the Escutcheons) [1] Lusos (Lusitanians): Association: Portuguese Football Federation (Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, FPF)
Pero de Ataíde or Pedro d'Ataíde [a] (d'Atayde, da Thayde), nicknamed O Inferno (Hell), (c. 1450 – February/March, 1504, Mozambique Island) was a Portuguese sea captain in the Indian Ocean active in the early 1500s. He was briefly captain of the first permanent Portuguese fleet in the Indian Ocean, taking over from Vicente Sodré, and the ...
Portugal competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the 26th consecutive participation of the nation in the Summer Olympic Games since their debut at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.
The Government of Portugal, also referred to as the Government of the Portuguese Republic, the Portuguese Government or simply the Government, is one of the four sovereignty bodies [ pt] of the Portuguese Republic, together with the President of the Republic, the Assembly of the Republic and the courts. It is both the body of sovereignty that ...
The Seven Wonders of Portugal (Portuguese: Sete Maravilhas de Portugal) is a list of cultural wonders located in Portugal.The creation of the list was supported by the Ministry of Culture and organized by the companies Y&R Brands S.A. and Realizar S.A.
The Casa da Música is a concert hall in Porto, Portugal.It was designed by architect Rem Koolhaas and opened in 2005.. Designed to mark the festive year of 2001 in which the city of Porto was designated European Capital of Culture, it was the first building in Portugal aimed from its conception to be exclusively dedicated to music, either in public performances or in the field of artistic ...