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Number of citizens: 10,3 millions, Languages: Portugese, Society organisation: parliamentary republic, Year of entering to EU:1986.
| Lisboa. There's an old and a new part of city. The older part is narrow, it has spiral streets and old buildings made during the long history of city. A new part of city has streets with three lines and modern sky reapers that are tipical for all advanced European cities.
| Alcobaça. The king Dom Alfonso Henriques 1147. defeated Morocco and conquered Santarém. In honour to that he built this church.
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Porto is a trading centre near Rio Douro and he is second biggest city in Portugal. Politic, trade and religious importance of this city is in wonderful buildings and achitecture.
| Agriculture. Portugal is one of the greatest wine and olive producers on the world. This terrain rises above Douro river in northern part of country. That place is famous by producing wines.
| Braga's Se cathedral was built during the 12. century and she is the oldest cathedral in Portugal. She was built by Dom Henrique and his wife Dona Teresa on the place where the Muslimans destroyed the St. Marie church.
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Coimbro university os the oldest university in Portugal, founded 1290. 6 portugese kings were borned there. It was the caoital of Portugal during the 12. and 13. century.
| Sintra castle is protected by UNECO. National palace where live king's family since 15. century dominates the city.
| Plaha da Rocha is located in region Algarve. She got her name by rocks that are literally spread over the beach. Long, Golden beach attracts tourists, which often come there to enjoy and admire to weird shapes of rocks. |