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Portulaca grandiflora is a succulent flowering plant in the purslane family Portulacaceae, native to southern Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay and often cultivated in gardens. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It has many common names , including rose moss , [ 4 ] eleven o'clock , [ 3 ] Mexican rose , [ 3 ] moss rose , [ 3 ] sun rose , [ 5 ] table rose , [ citation ...
The total Spanish casualties in this campaign to conquer Portugal amounted to 4,000 killed on the battlefield, 1,200 to 1,500 killed during the siege of Vila Viçosa (before the battle), almost 1,500 fugitives who died in the immediate weeks after the battle and eventually 6,000 prisoners and 4,000 wounded.
Monument in Coimbra, Portugal, to the Portuguese soldiers who died in World War I. The Kingdom of Portugal had been allied with England since 1373, and thus the Republic of Portugal was an ally of the United Kingdom. However, Portugal remained neutral from the start of World War I in 1914 until early 1916.
Portulaca (/ ˌ p ɔːr tj uː ˈ l eɪ k ə / [3]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Portulacaceae, and is the type genus of the family. With over 100 species, it is found in the tropics and warm temperate regions.
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 ...
Naval battles of World War I involving Portugal (1 P) Pages in category "Battles of World War I involving Portugal" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
The Portuguese Colonial War (Portuguese: Guerra Colonial), also referred to as the Portuguese Overseas War or Overseas War (Portuguese: Guerra do Ultramar) for short, was a military conflict staged during the Decolonisation of Africa that pitted the guerrilla forces of the African nationalist Liberation movements of the Guinea-Bissau, Angola ...
Based on Article. 1 of the Decree of 1917 [2] on the obverse, in the center of the cross in a circle, there is a drawing depicting the profile of a woman's head with a laurel wreath, which symbolizes the republic, and around this drawing there is an inscription in Portuguese: REPÚBLICA PORTUGESA 1917 (Republic of Portugal 1917).