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Chapter 6

Portugal: history and fado

For a small country, Portugal has a huge history: one of Europe's oldest borders, the voyages that opened sea routes to India and Brazil, an earthquake that shook philosophy, and a revolution won with flowers.

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  1. Year an earthquake and tsunami destroyed Lisbon1755
  2. First to sail from Europe to India, in 1498Vasco da Gama
  3. Prince who sponsored the voyages of discoveryHenry the Navigator
  4. Navigator whose fleet first sailed round the worldFerdinand Magellan
  5. Year Portugal was recognised as a kingdom1143
  6. Oldest alliance still in force, signed 1386Treaty of Windsor
  7. Peaceful 1974 coup that ended the dictatorshipThe Carnation Revolution
  8. Year Portugal joined the European Community1986
  9. The great voice of 20th-century fadoAmália Rodrigues
  10. Riverside tower that guarded Lisbon's harbourBelém Tower
  11. Monastery built with spice-trade wealthJerónimos Monastery