![]() A 1974 military coup, called the Carnation Revolution, placed the Portuguese at the centre of Cold War attentions. The Portuguese also weathered Europe’s longest dictatorship under twentieth-century ruler António Salazar. The 1755 Lisbon earthquake was one of Europe’s greatest natural disasters, strongly influencing continental thought and heralding Portugal’s extended decline. Evidence of their one-time four-continent empire can still be felt, not least in the Portuguese language which is spoken by more than 220 million people from Brazil, across parts of Africa to Asia.Analyzing present-day society and culture, The Portuguese also considers the nation’s often tumultuous past. Yet it is an inconspicuous and largely overlooked country on the continent’s south-west rim.In the fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Age of Discovery the Portuguese led Europe out of the Mediterranean into the Atlantic and they brought Asia and Europe together. ![]() Portugal is an established member of the European Union, one of the founders of the euro currency and a founder member of NATO. ![]()
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