![]() ![]() The Portuguese also weathered Europe's longest dictatorship under twentieth-century ruler Antonio Salazar.Ī 1974 military coup, called the Carnation Revolution, placed the Portuguese at the centre of Cold War attentions. The 1755 Lisbon earthquake was one of Europe's greatest natural disasters, strongly influencing continental thought and heralding Portugal's extended decline. Yet it is an inconspicuous and largely overlooked country on the continent's south-west rim.In the fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Age of Discovery the Portuguese led Europe out of the Mediterranean into the Atlantic and they brought Asia and Europe together.Įvidence of their one-time four-continent empire can still be felt, not least in the Portuguese language which is spoken by more than 220 million people from Brazil, across parts of Africa to Asia.Analyzing present-day society and culture, The Portuguese also considers the nation's often tumultuous past. Portugal is an established member of the European Union, one of the founders of the euro currency and a founder member of NATO. ![]()
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