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IntlMOVE will ship your household goods overseas to Portugal.  

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You can trust IntlMOVE with your household goods while they are being shipped to Portugal.

 

When you move to Portugal, you will want to learn a lot about your new country you will call home.

IntlMOVE has put together some fun facts and history about Portugal so you can begin to learn about the country.

About Portugal

Republic of Portugal is the official name of the country and it is located in southwestern Europe.

The country was founded in 1152 by Alfonso Henriques.

The Kingdom of Portugal lasted from the 1100s to 1910, when it became a republic.

Portugal joined the European Union in 1986.

When you move to Portugal, you will use the Euro as the official currency of the country.

The national flower of Portugal is lavender.

 The capital of Portugal is Lisbon, which is also the largest city in the European country.

In 1755, there was a major earthquake in Lisbon that destroyed a lot of the city and also killed 30,000 people.

The People of Portugal

You will want to learn to read, write and speak Portuguese so you can communicate with the locals at work and in social situations.

Most people in Portugal are Roman Catholic, but there are some Protestants and other religions scattered throughout the country.

There are many famous explores that called Portugal their home.

Bartholomew Diaz was the first person to sail around the Southern Tip of Africa.

Pedro Alvarez Cabral was the first European to discover Brazil.

The first explorer to complete a circumnavigation of the world was Ferdinand Magellan, who was from Portugal.

Things to See in Portugal

The University of Coimbra is one of the oldest universities in Europe and was established in 1290.

The first wave farm was created in Portugal in 2006 to produce electricity.

If you are into trying your luck, you can visit the Vasco da Gama Bridge that is outside of Lisbon, which is the largest gambling facility in Europe.

A major center of pilgrimage is Fatima, where the Virgin Mary supposedly appeared to children in 1917.

If you are into archaeology, you have to visit the Natural das Serras de Aire e Candeeiros and Parque Natural da Arrabida where you can find preserved dinosaur tracks.

You can also see rock carvings from 22,000 BC to 10,000 BC in the Coa Valley.

Climate of Portugal

Portugal has a maritime climate and the heaviest precipitation takes place in the northern part of the country.

In the southern part of Portugal, annual rainfall is about 15 inches per year.

The northern coast of Portugal has about 60 inches of rain every year.

The western and northern mountainous areas receive about 90 inches of rain annually, which is the most amount of rain in Europe. 

There are many interesting things to learn about Portugal.

You will get to learn a lot about the rich and interesting culture of Portugal when you move overseas.

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