Portugal Independent from the 1143, his continental frontiers are been definite in the 1297, being as one of the countries most ancient of Europe. Situated in the extreme south west of the Iberica Peninsula along the Atlantic coast, well soon the vocation is delineated [marinara] of this country. In the 1415 the Portuguese have thrown themselves in an adventure for sea, having stayed the first to cross the routs for India, Brazil, China and Japan and, [contemporaneamente], to take office on the Western and Oriental coasts from Africa. Of this presence in all the world has stayed many traces, the Portuguese being an of the languages more languages and the Portuguese people one between most open to the other civilization. The rich artistic and archaeological patrimony is testimony I don't sole of 850 years of history and of meetings with the distant civilizations, but also of installations of ancient people in the peninsula (Celti, [svevi], [visigoti], Romans and Arabs). The advantages of a country from the radiant sun and with an amazing geographical difference, they have done a preferred and ideal destination for the from Portugal he/she/it/you practises of nautical sport and of the sweater, visa that is endowed with modern tourist infrastructures and of a very traditional reception and personalized like the tourism of residence, the Hotéis Charme [de] and the Pousudas. Limb of the European Union from the 1986, Portugal is today a nation in strong development that preserve the his bigger treasure through the centuries: the identity of a hospitable people that does a harbor of liking of his Country and safety. History from Portugal (Chronology) First Dynasty of the House of Burgundi 1143 dealt with Zamora- Birth of the kingdom from Portugal- Primo king, Dom Afonso Henriques 1249 Definition of the frontiers, that I/they have stayed practically unchanged 1308 Creation of the University of Coimbra 1319 Foundation of the Order of Christ, to succession of the abolition of the Order of the Templari riders- Dom Diniz, the King Poet 1355 History of love of D. Pedro and D. Ines 1383/ 85 Interregno and war with the Castiglia You/he/she/it second Dynasty or house of Avis 1385 DomJoio The, Mr. of Avis- King from Portugal 1386/ 87 dealt with Windsor with England and marriage of Filippa of Lancaster with the King. 1418/ 19 Beginning of the maritime expansion under the guide of the Henry Prince, the navigator. Discovery of Madeira. 1427/ 52 Discovery of the Azzorre 1434/ 88 maritime Consignments in the African coast- Bojador Head, Green Head, Guinea, Sierra Leo, Benin, Zaire and Head of Good Hope 1497/ 98 The trip by sea of Vasco from Gama in India- Kingdom of King Dom Manuel The 1500 Pedro Alvares Cabral discovers Brazil 1511 Arrival of the Portuguese in Malacca and China 1543 Arrival of the Portuguese in Japan 1572 Luis public Cames [de] "Os Lusíadas"- Epic National Poem Third Dynasty or the three Phillip 1580 Phillip II from Spain happens to the throne from Portugal, after the disappearance of I Give m Seb resentments [ào] to To the c [az arquivir] in the 1578. They happen the throne the child and the nephew of Phillip Fourth grade Dynasty or the House of Braganza 1640 Riconquista of the independence- DomJoào IV, Duke of Braganza and King from Portugal 1661 Caterina of Braganza marries Charles II from England 1707 Beginning of the Kingdom of Dom Joao V- economic and artistic Apogee in Portugal- The age of the Baroque 1755 Earthquake and beginning of the reconstruction of Lisbona- Dom José becomes king. Prime Minister, the Marquis of Pombal until at 1777 o'clock. 1807/ 11 Invasions [napoleoniche] 1822 First Portuguese Constitution under the kingdom of DomJoào there. Brazil proclaims the own independence. 1867 Abolition of the capital punishment 1908/ 1910 Regicidio of Dom Carlos. Proclamation from Republic 1922 First crossing of the southern Atlantic by plane from part of Gago Coutinbo and Sacadura Cabral 1932 Salazar becomes Prime Minister 1974 "Hit of state" and proclamation of the democracy. Beginning of the African [decolonizzazione] 1986 Portugal becomes limb of the European Community.       from [brochure] of the corporate body of the Portuguese tourism