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Lisbon

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May 6th 2017
This morning I took a taxi out to Belem, a suburb of Lisbon that is near the mouth of the river and is the site from which Portuguese explorers set out on their voyages of discovery. Back in the 1500’s Portugal was an economic powerhouse because of its worldwide empire which included Brazil, holdings in India, Macao, and many others. In gratitude to God for the many successful voyages, King Manu ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Lisboa

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more