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Portuguese Golden Age based on navigation necessary for negotiating the oceans, would have likely been impossible without a little help from their frenemies.

The history of human civilization is so riddled with wars that peace seems almost like an intermission - yet, while War authors history, Peace creates civilizations.

While Portuguese exploration of the world began in the 14th century and picked up speed in the first quarter of the 15th, it was Manuel's vision, boundless ambition and strategic planning that turned that exploration into a powerful Empire-building tool

No country's history is so interwoven with, and reflected in, its geography as Portugal's.

It's the subjective "feel" rather than objective "see" that defines one's experience at Bertrand.

However, there is one viewpoint in Lisbon that is special - in fact, every bit as special as its name - "Portas do Sol"/The Gate of the Sun - suggests.

volatility ripe with possibilities will likely remain the recurring motif of these Portuguese adventures

To be a foreign guard meant being a Swiss guard.

Trams are still extant and functional in many countries throughout the world. Arguably, they owe their longevity to a different kind of experience they provide.