The Côa Valley in northeastern Portugal is a Stone Age picture gallery. The rock walls have been provided with pictures and stone carvings over a distance of around 17 km for thousands of years. Some of them are over 25,000 years old. They document the long history of settlements and the way people live. Rock…
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Lisbon and Portugal
Lisbon, or Lisboa in Portuguese, is the capital of Portugal with about 3 million inhabitants throughout the region. This city has now become a nest for many Swedes who settled there during part of the year. And given the warm climate and the cool breeze from the Atlantic, this is more than understandable. The city…
Lisbon -The City of Seven Hills
Lisbon has a lot to offer its travelers and many tourists are captivated by the city’s charm and versatility. The Portuguese capital has long attracted artists and writers from all corners of the world, but there is also a generous range of nightlife and beach hangouts. It is also said that the city, like Rome,…
Travel to Lisbon
Nothing is as exciting as traveling, and whether you only have a few days off for the purpose or several months, a trip abroad is one of the most stimulating things you can do. There is a huge world to discover and although there are many exotic destinations on the other side of the globe,…
Mass Media in Southern Europe
As part of European continent defined by Countryaah, Southern Europe includes Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Portugal, San Marino, and Slovenia. This page describes major mass media, including newspapers, radio stations and televisions within these countries. Mass media in Albania Until 1991 Albania had two daily newspapers, both controlled by the…
Portugal Arts and Literature
Literature Poetry, mainly love poems (“cantigas de amor” and “cantigas de amigo”) and satirical poems (“cantigas de escárnio e maldizer”), flourished in Portugal in the 13th century. However, much of this poetry was written in other languages: the closely related Galician, Provencal, Italian. The Spanish influence became strong for several centuries; many Portuguese writers wrote…
Portugal Recent History
Between the end of February and the beginning of March 1961 the curious episode called “Santa Maria” occurred. With this name it was called a passenger ship under whose command was the dissident captain H. Galvao. The latter seized the ship at sea and diverted it to the port of Recife where he delivered it,…