Portugal's Day - 10 June (1580)
Portugal celebrates today its National Day - also known as Camões & the Communities Day, the day that revered national poet Luis de Camoes (1524-80) died.
Given that opportunity, let's go for this bet; to condense in one eyeglance as much layers of spatiotemporal history and datas as possible. To be seen:
- The flag of Lisbon, which is not just the capital of Portugal (since 1255) but the westernmost one in Europe as well, located on the Atlantic coast. There to be found:
- The Navigators of 15th and 16th century, respresented here by the Discoveries Monument, built in 1960 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Prince Henry the Navigator, promotor of the Discoveries and therefore of the so called "Portuguese Empire";
- The Carnation Revolution of the 25th April 1974, which subverted the authoritarian dictatorship to the regime of liberal democracy of nowadays, represented here by the April 25 Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in Europe, known as Ponte Salazar but renamed after the Revolution;
- The monument of Christ King / Cristo Rei, 113 meters above the level of the sea, on the west side of the river (in Almada), built on the basis of the promise done by the Bishop of Portugal to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, with the hope of keeping the country far from the horror of the 2nd World War;
- last but not least, river Tagus / Tejo, not only because it is the biggest river of the Iberian peninsula with its 275km in Portugal, but because could be said that is a symbol reminding that a big and important part of portuguese history is neatly connected with the aquatic element.
A brief guide to Portugal
Portugal in wikipedia
Luís de Camões
Os Lusíadas
A brief guide to Portugal
Portugal in wikipedia
Luís de Camões
Os Lusíadas
posted by E.Nt. @ 9:04 PM
6 Comments:
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wellcome back! xathikes me ta Erasmus kai tin Portugal esy... den toxera gia to neo blog
filia
A greek comment, in latin letters, about a Portugal's day post in the english language and written in Germany.
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-kalws sas vrika!
-point! & i hope it goes like that..
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