Author: Peter Booker

Among those brave Portuguese who opposed the dictatorship of the Estado Novo was the Algarvian Hermínio da Palma Inácio, whose contribution to the resistance is rarely recognised. Hermínio was born

High on the hill which dominates the east of the city of Faro stands the Ermida de Santo António do Alto, a 15th century chapel. To the west, it overlooks

Ever since I first saw the Palácio do Alto perched against the hilltop outside Faro, some 16 years ago, I had wanted to know more about it and, if possible,

This second article discusses the main women in Salazar’s love life, and there were certainly many other women of lower prominence than those mentioned here. Although Franco Nogueira asserted that

António de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) occupies a singular position in Portuguese history, and his record is full of contradictions. He was the only 20th century European dictator to be a

Afonso, the first Duke of Bragança, began life as the illegitimate son of João, master of the knightly order of Aviz, who was himself the illegitimate son of D Pedro

Portugal had a pavilion at the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne in Paris in 1937. A participant in the decoration of the Portuguese pavilion with

Engenheiro Duarte Pacheco is the only senior figure from the dictatorship of Estado Novo who continues in widespread national esteem. He is perhaps the most engaging of the half dozen