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Portugal was a country in southwestern Europe. It was bordered to the west by the Atlantic Ocean and to the east by Spain. Lisbon was one of its cities. (PROSE: Asylum, Moments of Passing)
Portuguese was spoken in Portugal. (PROSE: Moments of Passing)
Geography
The Azores Islands were part of Portugal. (PROSE: The Fortunate Isles)
History
In 1682, a group of Portuguese settlers called bandeirantes tried to enslave people from a Tupi village. (COMIC: Slaver's Song)
In the 19th century, Portugal fought against France during the Peninsular War. (PROSE: World Game) Soldiers from this conflict were taken by the War Lords to fight in their War Game. (TV: The War Games)
On 4 December 1872, the Mary Celeste was found, abandoned, midway between the Azores and Portugal. (PROSE: The Chase)
In Portugal in 2006, girls started experiencing symptoms of a fictional virus they’d seen in a teen soap. Oliver Morgenstern researched the event as an example of mass hysteria. (AUDIO: Hysteria)
At 8:40AM GMT on a Wednesday in September 2009, Portugal was among the numerous places across Earth in which RTAs occurred as a result of the 456 compelling every human child to suddenly stop and proclaim their message: "we are coming." (TV: Children of Earth: Day One)
In the 2010s, Erimem visited the Museu Nacional de Arqueologia in Lisbon to watch the return of a small shipment of Bronze Age ironwork from the London Museum of Antiquity. (PROSE: Moments of Passing)