Portugal
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Portugal i/ˈpɔrtʃʉɡəl/ (Portuguese: Portugal, IPA: [puɾtuˈɣaɫ]), officially the Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: República Portuguesa) is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the IberianPeninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the Azoresand Madeira are part of Portugal.
The country has two great metropolitan urban areas, the Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto, in the North, and the Greater Metropolitan Area of Lisbon, in the South,constructed from the two main cities that generated the idiosyncrasy of the Portuguese, having always existed a rivalry, conscious or unconscious, between the populations of the two cities. Thecountry is named after its second largest city, Porto, whose Latin name was Portus Cale.[8]
The land within the borders of the current Portuguese Republic has been continuously settled since prehistorictimes: occupied by Celts like the Gallaeci and the Lusitanians, integrated into the Roman Republic and later settled by Germanic peoples such as the Suebi, Swabians, Vandals and the Visigoths. In the8th century most of the Iberian Peninsula was conquered by Moorish invaders professing Islam, which were later expelled by the Knights Templar under the Order of Christ. During the ChristianReconquista, Portugal established itself as an independent kingdom from León in 1139, claiming to be the oldest European nation state.[9]
In the 15th and 16th centuries, as the result of pioneering the Ageof Discovery, Portugal expanded western influence and established a global empire that included possessions in Africa, Asia, Oceania, and South America, becoming the world's major economic, politicaland military global power. The Portuguese Empire was the first global empire in history,[10] and also the longest lived of the European colonial empires, spanning almost 600 years, from the capture...
The country has two great metropolitan urban areas, the Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto, in the North, and the Greater Metropolitan Area of Lisbon, in the South,constructed from the two main cities that generated the idiosyncrasy of the Portuguese, having always existed a rivalry, conscious or unconscious, between the populations of the two cities. Thecountry is named after its second largest city, Porto, whose Latin name was Portus Cale.[8]
The land within the borders of the current Portuguese Republic has been continuously settled since prehistorictimes: occupied by Celts like the Gallaeci and the Lusitanians, integrated into the Roman Republic and later settled by Germanic peoples such as the Suebi, Swabians, Vandals and the Visigoths. In the8th century most of the Iberian Peninsula was conquered by Moorish invaders professing Islam, which were later expelled by the Knights Templar under the Order of Christ. During the ChristianReconquista, Portugal established itself as an independent kingdom from León in 1139, claiming to be the oldest European nation state.[9]
In the 15th and 16th centuries, as the result of pioneering the Ageof Discovery, Portugal expanded western influence and established a global empire that included possessions in Africa, Asia, Oceania, and South America, becoming the world's major economic, politicaland military global power. The Portuguese Empire was the first global empire in history,[10] and also the longest lived of the European colonial empires, spanning almost 600 years, from the capture...
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