Wow Portugal, where did you come from? Mexico and Japan are
out of the top ten stats in total. And Portugal have appeared. I will publish
the stats at the end of this month, but let’s see if Portugal stay in the top
ten?
So, what do we know about Portugal? Smile, here I go, this
is when I get a message from our Portuguese Bloggets saying, nononononono
Fiona, that’s not true? Hehehaha, see what I can get right?
I believe, the population of Portugal is almost or around 11
million?
Lizbon is the capital and largest city of Portugal, also one
of the oldest citties in the world.
The Vasco da Gama bridge, over the Tagus river in Lizbon, is
the largest in Europe. It’s over ten miles long, 17 km’s
It is here you will find the biggest producers of cork
products in the world, as the cork trees grow in plenty in the forests 70% of
the worlds cork comes from Portugal and they mainly sell to the UK, Germany and
the US.
They say that half of the so called new world once belonged
to Portugal.
Portuguese is the official language of 9 countries
The oldest book store in the world, is in the capital.
Bertrand book shop was opened in 1732
One of the world’s oldest universities is in Portugal.
Coimbra University, was established in 1290
Portugal and England have the oldest diplomatic alliance in
the world.
Portugal has a coastline that spans over 497 miles. 800 km’s
and it’s known to have 364 days of surf!
On the 1st of November in 1755 Lizbon was struck by
a 9.0 magnitude earthquake which was followed by a tsunami and fires which
brought the city to rubble, also the earthquake struck on all Saints day,
holiday where the churches were filled with candles, this caused huge fires.
Two hundred and seventy five thousand people were killed and
85% of the buildings were destroyed.
Fado is the folk music from Portugal.
Portugal abolished slavery in 1761, half a century before England,
France, Spain and America.
So, I hope you have enjoyed your Fifi’s facts on Portugal? Now
we just need to take a lovely holiday there. Nice to meet you my Portuguese
Bloggets, and welcome into the top ten of our stats. X
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