History

António de Oliveira Salazar was Europe’s longest ruling dictator in the 20th century, exercising power during the international crises of the Great Depression, World War II and the Cold War.

Dr António de Oliveira Salazar of Coimbra University took the first step into national politics on three separate occasions. Third time lucky In 1921, Salazar stood for election to the

Everyone reading this knows that Portugal is home to some of the best beaches in Europe and is one of the main reasons millions of tourists visit the country each

The aftermath of WW1 in Europe brought widespread political, economic and industrial unrest, and the various responses to that unrest would later precipitate Civil War in Spain in 1936 and

The Portuguese Colonial Empire was one of the longest-lived empires in European history that lasted almost six centuries and stretched across the world, reaching the Americas, Africa, Asia and even

Just published is a refreshingly irreverent view of the serious matter of the history of Tavira. Peter Bellchambers had the intriguing idea to present the history of this ancient town

It is well known that the Estado Novo, the new constitution introduced by Portugal’s dictator, António de Oliveira Salazar, made provision for a secret police force. This police force was

After the military coup of 1926, and during the Salazar dictatorship, there were dozens of prisons in Portugal and its Overseas Provinces dedicated to the incarceration of political prisoners.  The