The Best of Portugal

In this work we will talk about:
The history of Portugal, our traductions, the typical cuisine and the most important monuments.

Before the formation of Portugal some People left the traces of their cultures. These people were the Lusitanian, the Romans, the Muslims and the Germanic peoples.
Was founded in 1143, becoming independent from Castile and Leon (Spain).The first king of Portugal was D.Afonso Henriques.

Portugal Ocean at the time of the discoveries was a great pioneer, inventing new instruments, boating, new boats and new ways to navigate. Portugal has become country rich thanks to the discoveries and eventually enter into crisis years later and lose the power it had at the time of discovery.
Already read about how small Portugal emerged, some of his steps and on the people who enriched with their culture. Now let's talk about some features of Portugal:
Portugal is a small country, but very nice, has about 92 391Km².
The capital is Lisbon, which is bathed by the river Tagus and the biggest mountain is Pico in the Azores Islands.
Our currency is the Euro, and we are a Republican State and we have a government.
We are located in the European continent and we belong to the European Union.
Portugal has many things beautiful and one is the language.
The Portuguese language is one of the languages romantic!
Portuguese is a direct descendant of Latin, the Latin indigenous of soldiers and settlers Romans.
Developed-if in the former Gallaeci (currently Galicia, in the northwest of Spain) and in Northern Portugal, and even to Portugal of today.
Speaking now Music, the fado is the pride and pleasure of Portugal.
The fado is a lyrical music and sentimental and think-that their roots musics of African slaves.
The most famous, and better, fadista was Amália Rodrigues, who died in the year 1999 and which is known throughout the world.
Some of the best examples of dancing Portugal are the turns, chula, corridinho, tirana and fandango reflecting, many of them, the traditions of marriage and the cutting of each region.
As one of the objectives of the work is to inform Portugal, and as it is not better way to know a new culture but by gastrónoma here goes some main dishes of Portugal (and the most delicious). In the north eat-if the cabidela: is basically a childbirth chicken with rice mixed with a bunch of blood of chicken and vinegar jams typical are Vermicelli sweet, Mexidos of eggs with Almond.
Migas Sweet and soup sweet.
In the center the plate is a typical the piggy, is a dish very simple and also the cooked will Portuguese is done with smoked meats.
The sweets are rice sweet, slices sea bream and dreams.
In the south is pigmeat Alentejana, which are hubs meat fried and clams, cooked be Portuguese.
Jams are flounder of grain and almond, coscorões, filhoses and lamprey eggs.

Cooked to Portuguese

Delicious!

Filhoses
Sweet unforgettable

And finally we are talking about the most important monuments of Portugal

Jerónimos Monastery of situated-in Lisbon, is a monument to mark the climax of the art in a century of Portuguese Discoveries.




The Tower of Bethlehem is situated-also in Lisbon, picked up-if symbolically beachfront of restelo, the starting point of naus and caravelas for the discovery of the Oceans.

The Monastery of the Battle is situated-in Battle.

The National Palace of Mafra, situated in Mafra, is the most important portuguese baroque monument .

Bibliography:

http://www.portugal-live.net/P/essential/culture.html
http://www.visitportugal.com/NR/exeres/AC05D6C3-791A-4A4A-AF65-808ECF7BA294,frameless.htm