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Portugal - A Brief History
The early history of Portugal, whose name derives from the Roman name Portus Cale, is shared with the rest of the Iberian peninsula. The region was settled by Pre-Celts and Celts, giving origin to peoples like the Lusitanians, visited by Phoenicians and Carthaginians, incorporated in the Roman Republic dominions (as Lusitania in 138 BC), settled […]
Posted: February 28th, 2008 under Alentejo, Algarve, Cultural, Lisbon, Monsanto, Porto.
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Carnival - Brief History
Where did the word “carnival” come from?
Hundred and hundreds of years ago, the followers of the Catholic religion in Italy started the tradition of holding a wild costume festival right before the first day of Lent. Because Catholics are not supposed to eat meat during Lent, they called their festival, carnevale - which means “to […]
Posted: February 28th, 2008 under Alentejo, Algarve, Cultural, Lisbon, Monsanto.
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Monsanto - Travel Portugal
On a high cliff lies Monsanto, a village known as the most Portuguese village in Portugal. As well as preserving the nation’s oldest traditions, the village’s climate and geography mark it out as the place where the north meets the south.
In the second century BC the settlement is said to have resisted a Roman […]
Posted: February 28th, 2008 under Monsanto.
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