3. CULTURE AND ART
• THIS COUNTRY RECEIVED THE ROMAN NAME CALE
PORTUS, THEN IT WAS TRANSFORMED INTO
PORTUCALE AND, FINALLY, INTO PORTUGAL.
• THE ART OF PORTUGAL HAS BEEN ENRICHED BY
FOREIGN INFLUENCES, INCLUDING FLEMISH, FRENCH
AND ITALIAN.
• THE PORTUGUESE CULTURE IS BASED ON PAST EVENTS
IN THE TIMES OF THE ROMAN AND MUSLIM INVASION.
4. ROCK PAINTINGS IN ESCORAL THE ROMAN MUNISIPALITY OF
CONIMBRIGA
• TEMPLE OF DIANA IN EVORA
5. MUSIC
MUSICAL GENRES
FADO:
IT IS A MUSICAL GENRE
THAT CONTINUES
SINCE THE 1820S AND
IS CHARACTERIZED BY
SAD MELODIES AND
LYRICS ABOUT THE
SEA OR THE LIFE OF
THE POOR.
6. TRADITIONAL
THE IBERIAN PENINSULA
WAS HOME TO A LARGE
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
PEOPLES AND CULTURES.
IN THIS GENRE WE CAN
FIND INSTRUMENTS LIKE
THE BAGPIPES, THE
ARABIC ADUFE, THE
BOMBO AND THE
PORTUGUESE GUITAR.