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Castelo de S. Jorge
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Castelo de S. Jorge

Castelo de S. Jorge, Lisbon. Established in the 11th century CE by the Moors.
Archaeological Site Castelo de S. Jorge
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Archaeological Site Castelo de S. Jorge

Archaeological Site at Castelo de S. Jorge, with finds from the Iron Age settlement (7th to 3rd century BCE); the Moorish quarter (11th to 12th Century CE); and the Medieval palace (15th to the 18th century CE).
Visiting The Ruins of Lisbon’s Ancient and Medieval Past
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Visiting The Ruins of Lisbon’s Ancient and Medieval Past

Visiting the vibrant and colorful city of Lisbon, on the banks of the river Tagus and the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, what is most showcased is one episode of the city's and country's glorious past: Lisbon as the capital of the Portuguese...
Pedro de Alvarado
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Pedro de Alvarado

Pedro de Alvarado (c. 1485-1541) was a Spanish conquistador who became the first governor of Guatemala in 1527. Living an extraordinary life of adventure, Alvarado participated in separate expeditions to Mexico, Central America, South America...
Ferdinand Magellan
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Ferdinand Magellan

Ferdinand Magellan, or Fernão de Magalhães (c. 1480-1521), was a Portuguese mariner whose expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe in 1519-22 in the service of Spain. Magellan was killed on the voyage in what is today the Philippines...
The Portuguese Colonization of the Azores
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The Portuguese Colonization of the Azores

The Azores (Açores) are a North Atlantic island group, which was uninhabited before being colonized by the Portuguese from 1439. The Azores were strategically important for Portuguese mariners to use as a stepping stone to progress down the...
The Great Sphinx of Giza
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The Great Sphinx of Giza

The Great Sphinx of Giza is the most instantly recognizable statue associated with ancient Egypt and among the most famous in the world. The sculpture, of a recumbent lion with the head of an Egyptian king, was carved out of limestone on...
Oda Nobunaga
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Oda Nobunaga

Oda Nobunaga was the foremost military leader of Japan from 1568 to 1582. Nobunaga, along with his two immediate successors, Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598) and Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616), is credited with unifying medieval Japan in the second...
Eighty Years' War
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Eighty Years' War

The Eighty Years' War (1568-1648, also known as The Dutch Revolt and Dutch War of Independence) was a military conflict between the seventeen provinces of the Netherlands and Spain, which then governed them, beginning in the reign of King...
Hernando de Soto
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Hernando de Soto

Hernando de Soto (c. 1500-1542) was a Spanish conquistador who fought in Panama and Nicaragua and accompanied Francisco Pizarro (c. 1478-1541) in the conquest of the Inca civilization in Peru. He famously explored North America, including...
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