Portuguese conquest of the Algarve information

The Portuguese conquest of the Algarve, the southern-most region in modern-day Portugal, occurred between 1238, when the castle of Estômbar was captured...

Kingdom of the Algarves (Portuguese: Reino dos Algarves), was a nominal kingdom within the Kingdom of Portugal, located in the southernmost region of continental...

The Algarve (UK: /ælˈɡɑːrv, ˈælɡ-/, US: /ɑːlˈɡɑːrvə, ælˈ-/, Portuguese: [alˈgaɾvɨ] ) is the southernmost NUTS II region of continental Portugal. It has...

Dynasty expanded the country southwards until the definitive conquest of Algarve with Sancho II and the establishment of the Kingdom of Algarve, in 1249, under...

including the formalization of the Portuguese language under King Dinis I, the first Portuguese parliament, under King Afonso II, and the conquest of the Kingdom...

The Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental was the armed-conflict that took place between 1816 and 1820 in the Banda Oriental, for control of what today...

in the Algarve were captured in 1249. Portugal was created during this prolonged process and largely owes its geographic form to it. The Portuguese Reconquista...

The Portuguese conquest of Ceuta took place on 21 August 1415, between Portuguese forces under the command of King John I of Portugal and the Marinid...

Albufeira (Portuguese pronunciation: [alβuˈfɐjɾɐ] ) is a city and municipality of Faro District in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. The population...

across the Alentejo and Algarve regions of what is modern Portugal. During the period of Muslim conquest, western Iberia was called Gharb Al-Andalus (the west...

The flag of Portugal (Portuguese: Bandeira de Portugal) is the national flag of the Portuguese Republic. It is a rectangular bicolour with a field divided...

Note that when referring to the Algarves, in the plural, the title refers not only to the Algarve, but also to the Portuguese possessions in North Africa...

exodus of Portuguese citizens from Portugal's African territories (mostly from Angola and Mozambique), creating over a million Portuguese returned – the retornados...

Portuguese nobility Portuguese heraldry also known as the Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves (Latin: Regnum Portugalliae et Algarbiae, Portuguese:...

creation of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, in 1815, and the subsequent independence of the Empire of Brazil, in 1822, the Braganzas...

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula, in Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes...

marked the end of the Portuguese conquest of the Algarve and therefore their Reconquista efforts in the Iberian peninsula. 1 June. Alfonso X of Castile...

governor of the province of the Algarve. On May 25, 1420, Henry gained appointment as the Governor of the Military Order of Christ, the Portuguese successor...

The Portuguese royal court transferred from Lisbon to the Portuguese colony of Brazil in a strategic retreat of queen Maria I of Portugal, prince regent...

ascension of Afonso III of Portugal, the first to claim the title of King of Portugal and the Algarve. The history of Portugal in the period between the death...

(Portuguese pronunciation: [tɐˈviɾɐ] ) is a Portuguese town and municipality, capital of the Costa do Acantilado, situated in the east of the Algarve on...

receive Last Rites. Portugal is one of the most religious countries in Europe, most Portuguese believe with certainty in the existence of God and religion...