The Portuguese Republic (Portuguese:
República Portuguesa) is located in the west
and southwest parts of the Iberian Peninsula
in southwestern Europe, and is the
westernmost country in continental Europe.
Portugal is bordered by Spain to the north
and east and by the Atlantic Ocean to the
west and south. In addition, Portugal
includes two archipelagos in the Atlantic,
Azores (Açores) and Madeira Islands.
Portugal has witnessed a constant flow of
different civilizations during the past 3100
years. Iberian, Tartessian, Celtic,
Phoenician and Carthaginian, Greek, Roman,
Germanic (Suevi and Visigoth) and Moorish
cultures have all made an imprint on the
country. The naming of Portugal itself
reveals most of the country's early history,
stemming from the Roman name Portus Cale, a
possibly mixed Greek and Latin name meaning
"Beautiful Port", or even mixed Celtic and
Latin or mixed Phoenician and Latin. During
the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal was a
major economic, political, and cultural
power, its empire stretching from Brazil to
the Indies.
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Coimbra
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