National Symbols
National Flag – symbol of sovereignty, independence, unity and integrity of the country, adopted at the founding of the Republic on 5 October 1910.
National anthem- “A Portuguesa”, verses by Henrique Lopes de Mendonça and music by Alfredo Keil, composed in 1890.
A Portuguesa
Heróis do mar, nobre povo,
Nação valente, imortal,
Levantai hoje de novo
O esplendor de Portugal!
Entre as brumas da memória,
Ó Pátria, sente-se a voz
Dos teus egrégios avós,
Que há-de guiar-te à vitória!
Às armas, às armas!
Sobre a terra, sobre o mar,
Às armas, às armas!
Pela Pátria lutar
Contra os canhões marchar, marchar!
Composição
Alfredo Keil, Henrique Lopes de Mendonça
Hino Portugal Mp3
National Day
June 10 - Portugal Day, Camões and the Portuguese Communities.
Luís Vaz de Camões
Language
Portuguese. Portuguese is a universal language, spoken
by 240 million people worldwide and is also the official language
Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Sao Tome, Guinea-Bissau and East Timor.
For further information on visit the Portuguese Language Institute
Camões and the Portuguese Language Centre
www.observatorio-lp.sapo.pt/pt
Currency
Euro. Portugal is part of the Economic and Monetary Union since January 1999 and the first group of Member States introducing the euro as the single currency in January 2002. The conversion rate was fixed at a rate of 1 euro = $ 200 482.
Political Organization
Location: Portugal Continental - South West Europe, on the west coast of mainland Europe, bordering the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and the north and east by Spain
Azores and Madeira, respectively in the Northeast Atlantic and Southwest Atlantic.
Territorial area: 91.805 Km2.
Population: 10,707,924 inhabitants, with irregular distribution, concentrating mainly on the north coast. Lisbon and Porto are the areas of greatest population concentration (about 2,500,000 and 1,150,000 respectively). Estimated at about 4 million the number of Portuguese scattered over several continents.
Climate: Moderate. The north Atlantic climate, with average annual levels of precipitation and higher average annual temperatures are lower; south of the Tagus, Mediterranean-type climate with hot summers and long winters and short and somewhat rainy with high temperatures.
Porto and North
Porto and North Portugal born and rich cultural heritage of the region leaves no ignored so ancient and noble origins.
Area of mountains and steep slopes, covered with lush vegetation, rivers and parks, and the famous vineyards that produce the Port wine. With its granite mountains were erected many monuments of faith and history of the region. Of faith in the quaint Romanesque chapels and baroque temples, history, castles - Guimarães was the birthplace of the founder - or manor houses and homes armorial, where he receives visitors in the most aristocratic hospitality. The truth is that this ancient city named the Port and was named to Portugal.
Central Portugal
Portugal, the high mountains and clean environment. Pure landscapes and preserved, dense forests and rocky outcrops.
Here are stories of struggle and rooted for Portugal prior to nationality. If you do not believe, visit the historic villages and see for yourself. Check out cities like Guarda and Viseu, dominated by the traditional stone architecture, or villages such as Monsanto, less erudite, but where the stone remains, austere. Centro de Portugal is the place for the most genuine hospitality, tourism village, present in the authenticity of the rituals, festivals, and celebrations such as Easter, gastronomy, with cheeses, sausages, mountain honey ... Awaits.
Lisbon Region
Lisbon, Portugal's bright capital, spreads the Tagus, which meets the ocean here.
One of the few European capitals with river and sea, the Commerce Square is your living room. Because the city has always been open to welcoming many arrivals and departures, which had the high point of the Age of Discovery.
So in Lisbon and in this region are the biggest highlight Manueline monuments such as the Tower of Belem and Jeronimos Monastery, which exhibit the radiant light of the city. The modern leisure area of the Park of Nations proves that the connection to the river still remains. Here you will find, for example, the signature of Álvaro Siza one of the buildings that hosted the last World Exposition of the century. XX, under the theme of the Oceans. In contrast, do not miss the picturesque medieval quarters of Alfama and Moorish quarter, crowned by the Castle which, with the Bairro Alto on the other hand, converge in Pombaline.
Lisbon is also the center of a region rich in diversity at your doorstep are the seaside resort of Estoril and romantic Sintra hills, where the perfect bond between palaces and nature led to the classification of World Heritage.
They are certainly the sea, the weather and nature that give this region its peculiar energy. Its many parks and nature reserves encourage visitors to spend time outdoors, the tranquility of the golf rush of surfing. Perhaps this is why Lisbon is a city full of life. Celebrated with exuberance, spontaneously for the sheer pleasure of companionship. With others and with the river.
Alentejo
Plains to lose sight combine with sunlight and heat to impose a slow and steady rhythm. This is the Alentejo.
The breadth of the landscape is intersected by oaks or olive trees that withstand time. Here and there stands a walled enclosure, or as Marvão Monsaraz, or the simple dolmen remember the magic of the place. In the hills, ranch houses and white crowned mounds, castles evoke the struggles and achievements and courtyards and gardens bear witness to the Arabic influences that have shaped the people and nature. In Alentejo, the force of earth marks the time.
Maybe that's why the region's culture a particular character. Just visit Évora and its Roman roots and charm of its heritage to understand why it was classified as World Heritage. Admire the temple of Diana and some of their churches and see he has no regrets.
But do not travel north or south, without exploring the coast. There the landscape is high and steep, with sandy beaches sheltered by cliffs. And there are also scents of the field, the smell of herbs to season fish and shellfish, time moves slowly. Why the Alentejo lives to the rhythm of the earth...
Algarve
The coast of southern Portugal, where the waters are warm and calm.
This could be the definition of the Algarve. Only it was out of the atmosphere, the excellent climate of the Algarve, which leads to the well-being, balance and relaxation. And the holiday resorts, hotels and luxury resorts, or the fishing villages such as Santa Luzia, Tavira, or the small port of Sagres.
The Algarve beaches are of fine golden sand, big, small, to calm the agitated, with waves with sea or ground, for the whole family, or difficult to access, perhaps for boyfriends .... There are deserted and very busy, but always very very good sea and weather. And there are golf all year round, the best golf courses in Europe. Thirty golf courses, thirty options that challenge professional or amateur attempt.
Azores
Think of a place and West, where nature is in a pure state of pristine vegetation in the Atlantic.
Guess? True, the Azores are this, and much more. There are nine islands of adventure, surprises to delight nine dolphins and whales frolicking in the sea, the countryside - a volcanic covered in green - are unexpected, tufts of lilac hydrangeas divide pastures, blue and green lakes, craters of extinct volcanoes, earth smoking. Ever see your meal being cooked under the earth?
Nine magical places in the middle of the Atlantic. The other islands at a distance from a small boat trip. Note the Pico from Faial. It is likely that the peak rises above clouds of cotton wool. Who wants to go and discover this island and its dramatic cliffs. The maroiços of black basalt of the small rectangles was Pico, a world heritage site. Who wants to know the warm waters, fumaroles S. Miguel.
Madeira
Floor looking for a few days to rest and treat yourself well? Take a flight to Madeira!
A tropical island in the middle of Europe, with an exuberant and surprising. So exuberant that the laurel forest in Parque Natural da Madeira, is the largest evergreen forest in the world and has been classified as World Heritage. As surprising as the flowers and exotic fruits compete in variety and color. And the sea, always blue spot wherever they find.
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