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Mainland Portugal is bordered by Spain to the north and east and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south.
The four main organs of Portuguese politics are the presidency, the prime minister and Council of Ministers (the cabinet), the Assembly of the Republic (the parliament), and the Judicial branch.
Portugal is the country for wine lovers, known since the Roman Empire as one of the greatest in the empire; the Romans immediately associated Portugal with its God of Winery and Feast, Bacchus.
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 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Portugal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Portugal is bordered by Spain to the north and east and by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south.
Portugal traces its emergence as a nation to 24 June 1128, with the Battle of São Mamede by Afonso I.
Portugal developed an increasingly service-based economy and it was one of the eleven founding countries of the Euro in 1999, with very restrictive criteria, and began circulating the new currency on January 1, 2002 along with twelve other EU members.
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 Portugal, Portugal
Portugal traces its emergence as a nation to June 24, 1128, with the Battle of São Mamede by Afonso I. On October 5, 1143, Portugal was formally recognized.
Historically, the 19th century was a failure to Portugal as it was for Spain and other countries in southern Europe, and in the end of that century, Portugal entered a serious economic and financial crisis, thus it turned to colonial expansion in Africa, careless of internal reforms.
Portugal developed an increasingly service-based economy and it was one of the eleven founding countries of the Euro in 1999, with very restrictive criteria, and began circulating its new currency on January 1, 2002 along with 12 other EU members.
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 ipedia.com: Portugal Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Mainland Portugal is bordered by Spain to the north and east and the Atlantic Ocean to the west...
Portugal is a democratic republic on the Iberian Peninsula (southwestern Europe), with several islands in the Atlantic Ocean (islands of Azores, Madeira, and Savage).
In 1249 - 1250, the Algarve is finnaly reconquest by Portugal to the Moors, and in 1255, the capital is shifted to Lisbon.
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Because Philip II of Spain was the son of a Portuguese princess, Spain invaded Portugal and the Spanish ruler became Philip I of Portugal in 1580.
In mainland Portugal, average temperatures are 13ºC in the North and 18ºC in the South.
Portugal was recognized as a kingdom with its own king by Leon in 1143 and by the Pope in 1179.
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 Portugal Online Research :: Information about Portugal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The divisions between king Pedro IV - liberal - and his brother, King Miguel of Portugal, a conservative who overthrew Queen Maria I, led to the civil war between 1832 and 1834 and the signing of the new constitution in 1836.
Portugal considers Olivena (Olivenza in Spanish language, administrated by Spain) Portuguese territory De jure, based on agreements of both nations in the Congress of Vienna of 1815, but there are not strong diplomatic actions to take it back.
Portugal is an ancient Nation and for more than 1000 years it has maintained its specific culture through a self-governing venture while being influenced by the various civilizations that crossed the Mediterranean world.
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The modern Portugal has its political roots in the democratic revolution that overthrew a dictatorial regime in 1974 and the subsequent entry in the EEC (today's European Union) in 1986.
The main seaports are Lisbon in the centre, Leixões (Porto) in the North, Setúbal and Sines in the south, Funchal and Ponta Delgada in the Atlantic.
Portugal was recognized as a autonomous kingdom by Leon in 1143 and by the Pope in 1179.
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 Portugal Regions
Portugal is divided into eighteen distritos (districts) and two regiões autônomas (autonomous regions).
Portugal uses seven-digit postal codes, with a hyphen between the fourth and fifth digits.
1900: Portugal consisted of continental Portugal (on the Iberian peninsula), Azores, and Madeira.
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Philip II of Spain was the son of a Portuguese princess, Spain invaded Portugal and the Spanish ruler became Philip I of Portugal in 1580.
In a survey on nationalism and European issues made by a newspaper in Portugal in 1994, reveled that only 9% of the Portuguese people would consider themselves as very little or not at all nationalist, while 43% consider themselves as a lot or extremely nationalist.
Since the decolonization period, Portugal has received immigrants from the former African colonies, and from Europe (especially the United Kingdom, Germany and France - the climate, culture, and relatively low cost of living are the main attractions).
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While a dependency of the Kingdom of Leon, Portugal occasionally gained de facto independence during weak Leonese reigns, but it lost its autonomy in 1071 due to one of these attempts, ending the rule of the counts of the House of Vímara Peres.
Then 20 years later, Count Henry from Burgundy was appointed Count of Portugal as a payment for military services to Leon, and with the purpose of expanding the territory southwards.
Portugal is a free-market capitalist economy, its per capita output stands at 76% of that of the leading Eurozone economies.
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 Portugal - Gurupedia
Mainland Portugal is bordered by Spain to the north and east and the
One of which, the Suevi, stopped fighting and founded a kingdom whose domains was, approximately, in today's Portugal, they fixed their capital in Bracara.
A myth that the young king will return to Portugal on a foogy day has prevailed until modern times, and most people even at the end of the 19th century believed in it.
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Povoa de Varzim • Municipalities of PortugalPolitical divisions of Portugal
Monuments of Portugal (needs work) • Castle of Almourol • National Palace of Pena
Extend the Portuguese History articles with a style similar to "Historia de Portugal" book Series, diving the History of the Country much like it.
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