8. The Republic During the reign of Carlos I, the republican and radical movements gained ground with the appointment of the absolutist João Franco as prime minister in 1906. In 1908, Dom Carlos and his eldest son were murdered in Lisbon....
4. Dom Manuel I and his successors (1495-1580) Under the mandate of King Dom Manuel I, Portuguese power reached maximum splendor. In the years 1497 to 1499 Vasco da Gama made his first trip to India following the route discovered by...
Until the Middle Ages, the history of Portugal is inseparable from Spanish history. The region that today is Portugal became part of the Roman province of Lusitania in the 2nd century BC In the 5th century control of the region passed...
On September 29, 1968, Marcelo Caetano, a law professor and businessman for a long time ally of Salazar, became prime minister succeeding Salazar, who had been incapacitated because of a stroke. Although he was a supporter of reforms, when Marcelo Caetano...
Economy: Macroeconomic developments The evolution of the economic situation in Portugal has been marked, in the last decade, by the integration in the European Union and by the implementation of a wide range of structural reforms. In this period, the Portuguese...
New risks of social polarization and unemployment The growth of the salaried middle classes was one of the most important reflexes of the recent evolution of the Portuguese economy. The effort to modernize and restructure production has been accompanied, however, by...
Republic located in the western part of the Iberian peninsula, which borders on the north and east with Spain and on the south and west with the Atlantic Ocean. Its capital is Lisbon. Territory and resources: The Portuguese territory covers a...
For many, Faro is just a transit city to the Algarve’s best-known resorts, but the region’s administrative center also offers the tourist much more to see than just the airport. Familiar transit city Faro has become little known to many visitors...
