With Portugal's position as a country firmly established, Afonso II endeavoured to weaken the power of the clergy and to apply a portion of the enormous revenues of the Roman Catholic Church to purposes of national utility.

Seeing the strongly defensive position occupied by the Portuguese, John of Castile made the wise decision to avoid combat on John of Portugal's terms.

Because of the high value that spices had in Europe and the large profits rendered, combined with Portugal's growing internal problems, the Dutch and British joined in the conflicts around 1600, to try to gain a monopoly over the trade and expel Portugal.

The Pope received a monumental embassy from Portugal during his reign designed to draw attention to Portugal's newly-acquired riches to all of Europe.

Under the Estado Novo, Portugal's undemocratic government was tolerated by its NATO partners for its anti-communist nature ; this attitude changed dramatically during the mid-1960s, under pressure of public opinion and left wing movements rising in Europe.

* Portugal's Assembly of the Republic has two seats reserved for Portuguese living abroad, one for those living in Europe, the other for those living in other parts of the world.

In the same article, Honeyball also said that Catholicism exercised a " vice-like grip " on the legislative processes over large parts of Continental Europe, blocking women in Ireland and Portugal's right to abortion.

Due to Portugal's neutrality in World War II and the town's elegance and royal past, Cascais became home to many of the exiled royal families of Europe, including those of Spain, Italy, Hungary and Bulgaria.

Both clubs have even tested each other in Europe where in the 1990s, Vitória were one of Portugal's best in Europe after the Big Three and Boavista, beating sides like Parma, Atlético Madrid, Real Sociedad, and Sparta Prague.

In 1970 the guerrilla suffered heavy damage due to Portugal's Gordian Knot Operation ( Operação Nó Górdio ), which was masterminded by Kaúlza de Arriaga.

In 1578, King Sebastian of Portugal suffered a crushing defeat in the Battle of Alcácer Quibir at the hands of the King Abd al-Malik of Morocco, which ended Portugal's ambitions to invade and Christianize the Maghreb.

He was originally named in the Portugal squad for Euro 2008 but suffered a wrist injury the day before Portugal's first game, ruling him out of the tournament ; he was replaced by F. C.

During 2005, he suffered a thigh strain, but recovered in time to play in the 2006 World Cup, again playing a key part in Portugal's eventual fourth-place finish.

Throughout Portugal's Estado Novo period, Luanda grew from a town of 61, 208 with 14. 6 % of those inhabitants being white in 1940, to a wealthy cosmopolitan major city of 475, 328 in 1970 with 124, 814 Europeans ( 26. 3 %) and around 50, 000 mixed race inhabitants.

It quickly became an important node in the development of Portugal's trade along three major routes: Macau-Malacca-Goa-Lisbon, Guangzhou-Macau-Nagasaki and Macau-Manila-Mexico.

Portuguese and Chinese merchants flocked to Macau, and it quickly became an important regional trading center in Portugal's lucrative trade along three major routes: Macau-Malacca-Goa-Lisbon, Guangzhou-Macau-Nagasaki and Macau-Manila-Mexico.

The Liberals occupied Portugal's major cities, Lisbon and Porto, where they commanded a sizable following among the middle classes.

It is also frequently used in Portugal to describe how certain influential and well known students use their powerful social character to influence student body elections in the student movement in Portugal's major universities.

Portugal's major Chinatown is located in Lisbon, mostly in the form of shopping centres.

Karadas was linked with many of Europe's major clubs, including Roda JC, Liverpool and Udinese Calcio, but Portugal's Sport Lisboa e Benfica eventuall bought the 23-year old, and he joined the squad of veteran coach Giovanni Trapattoni.

EDP-Energias de Portugal ( formerly Electricidade de Portugal ) ranks among Europe's major electricity operators, as well as being one of Portugal's largest business groups.

* Portugal's traditional naming conventions change such that children's surnames can come from either the mother or the father, not just from the father.

After leaving Companhia União Fabril, she held a job in government until 1969 which was to run Portugal's program for development and social change.

The 1974 overthrow of the Portuguese ruling regime after a leftist military coup in Lisbon, brought a dramatic change of direction in Portugal's policy regarding its overseas provinces, and on 25 June 1975, Portugal handed over power to FRELIMO and Mozambique became an independent nation.

Luís Vaz de Camões (; sometimes rendered in English as Camoens ; c. 1524 – 10 June 1580 ) is considered Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet.

John V used much of the crown's treasure to develop Portugal's economy ( creating new manufactures all over the country ), to patronise the arts and intellectuals ( Royal academies were founded ), and to advance his country's prestige among its European neighbors after the Crisis of Succession ( 1580 ) and short-lived union with Spain ( 1580-1640 ).

A town that only became notable in the 12th century when it became the site for the construction of Portugal's largest church.

In 1951, when the Portuguese government overhauled the entire colonial system, all Portugal's colonies, including Portuguese Guinea, were renamed Overseas Provinces ( Províncias Ultramarinas ).

After the death of the latter, Charles included it in Beatrice of Portugal's dowry: when she married Charles III of Savoy, Asti became part of the dominion of Savoy.

The term " deputy " may be used to refer to any member of a legislative body or chamber ; this usage is particularly common in those French-and Spanish-speaking countries whose parliaments or legislative chambers refer to themselves as " national assemblies "; the term is also used by Portugal's Assembly of the Republic, and often in Ireland as a form of address when referring to members of Dáil Éireann.

He was moved to Lisbon by the colonial government, and he there played soccer until 1972, when he left to protest Portugal's colonial war in Angola.

A minor scandal arose when Philippe, comte de Paris, the nominal inheritor of the French throne in the eyes of Orléanist monarchists, married his daughter Amélie to Portugal's Carlos I, in a lavish wedding that provoked fears of anti-Republican ambitions.

A first wave of anti-clericalism occurred in 1834 when under the government of Dom Pedro all convents and monasteries in Portugal were abolished, simultaneously closing some of Portugal's primary educational establishments.

In 1951, when the Portuguese government overhauled the entire colonial system, all Portugal's colonies, including Portuguese Guinea, were renamed Overseas Provinces ( Províncias Ultramarinas ).

In 1951, when the Portuguese government overhauled the entire colonial system, all Portugal's colonies, including Portuguese Guinea, were renamed Overseas Provinces ( Províncias Ultramarinas ).

He was a regular in Portugal's lineup during the UEFA Euro 2004, when his country advanced all the way to the final before losing to Greece.

Two years later, in the 2010 World Cup, he was a regular in Portugal's lineup again when Portugal reached the round of 16, conceding only one goal in all four matches.

The war ended when a leftist military coup in Lisbon in April 1974 overthrew Portugal's Estado Novo regime, and the new regime immediately stopped all military action the African colonies, declaring its intention to grant tham independence without delay.

One of António de Oliveira Salazar's most important advisers, Adriano Moreira, a political science professor who had been appointed to the post of Portugal's Minister of the Overseas ( Ministro do Ultramar ), met Mondlane at the United Nations when both were working there and, recognizing his qualities, tried to bring him to the Portuguese side by offering to him a post in Portuguese Mozambique's administration.

The most significant moment in the town's history was in 1139, when nobles declared Afonso Henriques to be Portugal's first king.

In 1662, when Charles II of England married Catherine of Braganza of Portugal, the royal dowry included Portugal's Tangier and Bombay garrisons.

His great-uncle Henry I of Portugal's death triggered the struggle for the throne of Portugal when Ranuccio was 11 years old.

The first impression one has ( when in Portugal ) when talking about the Alentejo is the image of a burning plane ( this is one of Portugal's hottest regions ).

" He added that Canada Post was proud to be issuing a stamp honouring Portuguese Canadians during the month of June when cultural celebrations honouring the life of 16th century poet Luís de Camões, considered to be Portugal's greatest poet, are taking place in many communities across the country.

Portugal's status as an ally seems to be confirmed in the film when the Portuguese supply O ' Flynn and Oldsmith with a marked Portuguese plane with a Portuguese pilot in order to conduct surveillance in German territory ( an open act of war ).

The stadium's debut was played on April 6, 1969, when Internacional beat Portugal's Benfica 2 – 1.