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Writers in the Middle Ages such as theologian Isidore of Seville, and historian Lucas de Tuy, Bishop of Tuy, refer to ancient popular legends that the city of Lisbon was founded by the mythical hero Odysseus. [8] [9] The Estrímnios (in Portuguese) are given by some historians as the first known native people of Portugal. [10]
Classical authors writing in Latin and Greek, including Strabo, Solinus, and Martianus Capella, [25] [26] referred to popular legends that the city of Lisbon was founded by the mythical hero Ulysses . [27] [28] Lisbon's name was written Ulyssippo in Latin by the geographer Pomponius Mela, a native of Hispania.
1768 – Jardim Botânico da Ajuda (garden) founded near city. [15] 1769 – Lisbon Stock Exchange formed. 1774 – Lisbon City Archives moved into Lisbon City Hall. [16] 1775 – Equestrian statue of José I erected in the Praça do Comércio. [4] 1779 – Lisbon Science Academy founded. [7] 1780 Street lighting installed. [8]
The Romans founded numerous cities, such as Olisipo (Lisbon), Bracara Augusta (Braga), Aeminium (Coimbra) and Pax Julia (Beja), [42] and left important cultural legacies in what is now Portugal. Vulgar Latin (the basis of the Portuguese language) became the dominant language of the region, and Christianity spread throughout Lusitania from the ...
The territory of modern-day Portugal was Romanized following the events of the Second Punic War (3rd century BCE), through the Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula.. The Romans founded cities and Romanized some previously existing settlements.
The University of Lisbon (ULisboa; Portuguese: Universidade de Lisboa) is a public research university in Lisbon, and Portugal's largest university. It was founded in 1911, but the university's present structure dates to the 2013 merger of the former University of Lisbon (1911–2013) and the Technical University of Lisbon (1930–2013).
At about 7.40 a.m. on Monday, the New Lisbon Police Department began to investigate the whereabouts of the juvenile, before later in the day being made aware of a second missing child.
Treaty of Lisbon; V. Vaez family; W. World Youth Day 2023 This page was last edited on 30 March 2013, at 20:27 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...