History

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

The Gregorian calendar is what we use today to track the Earth’s journey around the sun, or to schedule a dentist’s appointment, or to figure out how many days we

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

As the festive season approaches, Christmas lights illuminate the streets, and shops proudly showcase advent calendars and chocolate Father Christmases. Yet, amidst this familiar scene, Father Christmas isn’t the sole

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

The Portuguese Renaissance spanned two centuries from the late 15th through to the mid-17th and was thus coincidental with the Age of Discovery when exploitation of colonial lands and expansion

Black Friday, a day that marks the unofficial beginning of the holiday shopping season. It is one of the largest and oldest sales and, over time, the term has become

Duarte Pacheco is most notable for his work as Minister for Public Works and Communications, the post he occupied from July 1932 in Salazar’s first government to January 1936, when

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