Facts About Lisbon: Lisbon was founded by the Phoenicians in 1200 BC, Making the oldest city in western Europe and the second-oldest European capital city after Athens. Lisbon was almost totally destroyed on the 1st November 1755 taking 40 000 lives, anyway it was rebuilt within a few years. The Vasco da Gama bridge is […]
Facts About Sintra: EuroAtlantic Airways has its head office in Sintra. The municipality is administered by 11 civil parish councils. Sintra is twinned with: Assilah, Morocco; Beira, Mozambique; Bissau, Guinea-Bissau; Fontainebleau, France; Goussainville, France; Havana, Cuba; Honolulu, United States; El Jadida, Morocco; Lobito, Angola; Namaacha, Mozambique; Verde Nova Sintra, Cape Verde; Omura, Japan; Oviedo, Spain; […]
Summary About Porto Porto is a historic and varied city, from the warren of narrow streets that make up the ancient Ribeira district through to the grand plaza of the Trindade district. The official currency used in Porto is the Euro, like in the rest of Portugal. The timezone is GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). This […]
Facts About Lagos: The municipality of Lagos is divided into 4 civil parishes: Bensafrim e Barão de São João, Lagos (São Sebastião e Santa Maria), Luz which includes the separate villages of Almádena and Espiche & Odiáxere. The name Lagos comes from a Celtic settlement, derived from the Latin Lacobriga, the name of the settlement […]
Facts About the Belém Tower: Belém Tower or the Tower of St Vincent is a fortified tower in Lisbon, Portugal. The Belém Tower was added on 7 July 2007 to the registry of the Seven Wonders of Portugal. The Belem Tower was Granted World Heritage Status by UNESCO, In 1983. The fortress was named: Castelo […]
Facts About The National Palace of Pena: The National Palace of Pena is a Romanticist castle in São Pedro de Penaferrim, in the municipality of Sintra, on the Portuguese Riviera. The castle’s history started in the Middle Ages when a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Pena was built on the top of the hill […]
Facts About Castelo dos Mouros: Castelo dos Mouros is a hilltop medieval castle located in the central Portuguese civil parish of Santa Maria e São Miguel, in the municipality of Sintra, about 25km northwest of Lisbon. The castle was constructed during the 8th and 9th centuries, during the period of Muslim Iberia, as the central […]
Facts About Tavira: Tavira benefits from tourism, which is the primary region economy, Fishing was primary the industry before the decline due to the changing migration patterns of tuna fish. Tavira is a Portuguese town and municipality, capital of the Costa do Acantilado, situated in the east of the Algarve on the south coast of […]
Coimbra was the capital city of the nascent kingdom between 1139 to 1256, Facts About Coimbra, Population of Coimbra is around 143, 396, 18 civil parishes