Tag: Portugal

Holidays and national customs in Portugal Public holidays There are a number of public holidays that do not have a fixed date but are based on the time of Easter. Easter falls on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the beginning of spring. Lent, which lasts for 46 days, begins on Ash…

The often sun-drenched Portugal is a wonderful holiday destination. The kilometers of coastline are dotted with pleasant seaside resorts, including the popular Albufeira in the Faro district. The former fishing village of Albufeira is located in the south of Portugal on the Atlantic Ocean. Today it no longer consists of a historic city center where…

Internal struggles. Political intervention by the bourgeoisie. – King Duarte, on his death (1438), had left the regency of the kingdom to his wife Eleonora d’Aragona during the minority of his son Alfonso V. This measure aroused the discontent of the infants, Duarte’s brothers, and that of the city bourgeoisie, in favor of the regency being…