PORTUGAL

Portugal is the most western country of Europe

The country is named after its second largest city, Porto, whose Latin name was Portus Cale.

Portugal has developed a specific culture while being influenced by various civilizations.

In the 1990s and 2000s, Portugal modernized its cultural facilities. As well as they built new cultural facilities like libraries and concert halls.

Architecture

Portugal's Traditional architecture is differently

Portuguese architecture, like all aspects of Portuguese culture

Cinema

Portuguese cinema has a long tradition since 19th century

Arthur Duarte

Portuguese film directors such as Arthur Duarte, António Lopes Ribeiro, Pedro

Costa, Manoel de Oliveira

António Lopes Ribeiro

Pedro Costa Manoel de Oliveira

Literature

Portuguese literature developed through text, song and Western literatures

Until 1350, the Portuguese-Galician troubadours spread their literary influence

Gil Vicente was one of the founders of Portuguese and Spanish dramatic traditions.

Particularly popular is José Saramago, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for literature.

Gil Vicente Jose Saramago

Jose Saramago is the most popular portuguese author in the world

Cuisine

Portuguese cuisine is diverse.

The Portuguese eat a lot of dry Cod

There are enough Bacalhau’s type of cooking for each day of the year. (That means, 365 types of cooking)

Bacalhau

Dry cod

Two other popular fish meal are Grilled Sardines (in Turkish, Sardalye Izgarası) and Caldeirada

The Portuguese consume a lot of fish dishes and products.

Caldeirada

Grilled Sardines

Cakes and pastries are common all over the country

Portugal has its own fast-food style meal. It is Francesinha from Porto

Portuguese WinesPortuguese wines have

sent out of the country since the times of the Roman Empire

Their wines have won several international prizes

Music & Dances

The most renowned music styles are fado, melancholy urban music

In addition to fado and folk, the Portuguese listen to pop and other types of modern music.

Portugal has several summer music festivals, such as,

- Festival Sudoeste- Festival de Paredes de Coura- Festival Vilar de Mouros, Optimus

Alive!- Super Bock Super Rock

Fandango is one of the most popular regional dances.

Sports

Football (soccer) is the most popular and played sport.

There are several football competitions ranging

Eusébio is still a major symbol of Portuguese football history

FIFA World Player of the Year winners Luís Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal is 8th of FIFA World Ranking

Eusébio

Other common types of sports are basketball, futsal, handball, and volleyball.

In swimming sports, Portugal has two major sports: Swimming and Water Polo.