EDP Lisbon Half Marathon is an annual international
half marathon competition which is contested every March in
Lisbon,
Portugal. It carries
IAAF Gold Label Road Race status. The men's course record of 57:31 was set by
Jacob Kiplimo in 2021, which is the current
world record for the half marathon distance.
Kenyan runners have been very successful in the competition, accounting for over half of the total winners, with
Tegla Loroupe taking the honours in the women's race on six separate occasions. The Lisbon Half Marathon is not to be confused with Luso
Portugal Half Marathon, another prominent half marathon race which is also held in Lisbon in October. (Full article...)
Work on the palace began in 1747 under Portuguese architect
Mateus Vicente de Oliveira. Despite being far smaller, the palace is often referred to as the "Portuguese
Versailles." From 1826, the palace slowly fell from favour with the Portuguese sovereigns. In 1908, it became the property of the state. Following a serious fire in 1934, which gutted one-third of the interior, the palace was extensively restored, and today is open to the public as a major tourist attraction. (Full article...)
Image 8A bride and her groom in the carnival of Lazarim, Portugal (from Culture of Portugal)
Image 9Map of Spain and Portugal showing the conquest of Hispania from 220 B.C. to 19 B.C. and provincial borders. It is based on other maps; the territorial advances and provincial borders are illustrative. (from History of Portugal)
Image 23Portuguese colonies in Africa by the time of the Colonial War. (from History of Portugal)
Image 24The arrival of the Portuguese in Japan, the first Europeans to reach it, initiating the Nanban ("southern barbarian") period of active commercial and cultural exchange between Japan and the West. (from History of Portugal)
Image 35The frontispiece of the 1826 Portuguese Constitution featuring King-Emperor
Pedro IV and his daughter Queen
Maria II (from History of Portugal)
Póvoa de Varzim (Portuguese pronunciation:[ˈpɔvu.ɐðɨvɐɾˈzĩ]ⓘ) is a
Portuguese city in
Northern Portugal and sub-region of
Greater Porto, 30 km (18.6 mi) from its city centre. It sits in a sandy coastal plain, a
cuspate foreland, halfway between the
Minho and
Douro rivers. In 2001, there were 63,470 inhabitants, with 42,396 living in the city proper. The city expanded southwards, to
Vila do Conde, and there are about 100,000 inhabitants in the urban area alone. It is the seventh-largest urban agglomeration in Portugal and the third largest in Northern Portugal.
Permanent settlement in Póvoa de Varzim dates back to around four to six thousand years ago. Around 900 BC, unrest in the region led to the establishment of
Cividade de Terroso, a fortified city, which developed maritime
trade routes with the civilizations of
classical antiquity. Modern Póvoa de Varzim emerged after the conquest by the
Roman Republic of the city by 138 BC;
fishing and
fish processing units soon developed, which became the foundations of the local economy. By the 11th century, the fishing industry and fertile farmlands were the economic base of a
feudal lordship and Varzim was fiercely disputed between the local
overlords and the
early Portuguese kings, which resulted in the establishment of the present day's municipality in 1308 and being subjugated to
monastic power some years later. Póvoa de Varzim's importance reemerged with the
Age of Discovery due to its
shipbuilders and
merchants proficiency and wealth, who traded around the globe in complex trade routes. By the 17th century, the fish processing industry rebounded and, sometime later, Póvoa became the dominant
fishing port in northern Portugal. (Full article...)
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