This document provides an overview of Portugal, including its location in Europe, population, government, economy, culture, and cities. Some key details include: - Portugal is located in the westernmost part of Europe, bordering Spain and the Atlantic Ocean. Its official language is Portuguese and it has a population of around 11 million. - The economy was traditionally based on fisheries and agriculture but now focuses more on services and exports of textiles, footwear, cork and beverages. - Culturally, Portugal is predominantly Roman Catholic and cuisine features codfish, pork, and wine like port. Notable figures include the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira and novelist José Saramago.

1. “E-Treasure: my lovely
Europe”
2nd Transnational Project Meeting
1st Learning/teaching/training
Activities Meeting
Giannitsa, Greece
4th to 10th March 2018

2. PORTUGAL

3. Location
Portugal is located in the
far west corner of Europe
and it´s bordered by the
Atlantic Ocean to the west
and south and by Spain to
the north and east.

4. The Atlantic archipelagos of
the Açores and Madeira are
also part of our country.

5. Portugal is a Schengen state and it is
• the 11th most peaceful
• the 13th mostglobalized
country in the world.
Portugal is a member of
• the European Union;
• the United Nations;
• the Organization of Ibero-American States;
• the NATO;
• the Community of Portuguese Language Countries;
• the European Union's Eurozone.
.
Portugal and the rest of the world

6. Portuguese is our official language and it´s also
the official and spoken language in Brasil, Angola,
Moçambique, São Tomé e Príncipe, Guiné-Bissau,
Cabo Verde and Timor.
Mirandês is also recognized as a co-official
regional language in some municipalities of
northeastern Portugal, but it has only about 5.000
speakers.
Language

7. Government
Portugal is a democratic republic since 1910, and Lisbon, the nation's
largest city, is its capital.
Palácio de S. Bento, House of theParliament

8. The four main governing
components are the President of
the Republic, the Parliament, the
Government, headed by a Prime
Minister, and the courts.

9. Portugal has around 11 million
inhabitants, of which 52% are female.
About 400,000 of these inhabitants are
legal immigrants who come from
Brasil, from African countries and from
several European countries.
We also have many immigrants from
Asian countries, like China.
Population

10. Portugal has a strong tradition in the
fisheries sector and is one of the
countries with the highest fish
consumption per capita.
Economy

11. But since the 80s, there has been a focus on exports, private
investment, and development of the high-tech sector.

12. servicesBusiness
important
traditional
in our economy,
industries such
are very
but
as
textiles, clothing, footwear, cork (of
which Portugal is the world's
leading producer), wood products
and beverages are also
responsible for the increasing
exportation rates.

14. Geography and climate
Portugal has a Mediterranean
climate and is one of the warmest
European countries, with an
annual average temperature
which varies from 13 °C to 18 °C.

15. The northern landscape is mountainous in the interior, but the south,
that includes theAlgarve and theAlentejo, features mostly plains and a
warmer and drier climate than in the north.

16. Religion
About 85% of the Portuguese population is Roman Catholic and many
Portuguese holidays, festivals and traditions have a Christian origin.
The country also has small
Protestant, Mormon, Muslim,
Hindu, Sikh, Christian Orthodox,
Buddhist and Jewish
communities.

17. Portuguese cuisine is very
diverse, with different regions
having their own traditional
dishes. We consume a lot of
codfish (bacalhau in Portuguese),
for which there are hundreds of
recipes. Two other popular fish
recipes are grilled sardines and
caldeirada.
Gastronomy

18. Our typical meat recipes, that may be
made out of beef, pork, lamb, or
chicken, include cozido à portuguesa,
feijoada, frango de churrasco and
rojões.

19. Francesinha, and bifanas (grilled
pork) or prego (grilled beef) can
be considered as our fast food
dishes.

20. The Portuguese art of pastry has
its origins in Middle-Ages Catholic
monasteries. Pastéis de Belém
and Ovos Moles are good
examples of our very sweet
pastry.

21. Portuguese wines have deserved international recognition since the
times of the Roman Empire.
Our most famous one is Vinho do Porto (Port Wine), being the Douro
Wine Region the oldest in the world.

22. Culture
Portugal has given the world renowned writers, singers, painters,
architects, football players, … who spread our culture and way of living
through out the world.
Álvaro Siza Vieira and
Eduardo Souto de
Moura, architects.

23. Manuel de Oliveira, filmmaker,receiving
the Golden LionAward
José Saramago, writer, receiving the Nobel Prize

24. Portrait by Paula Rego, National
Portrait Gallery, London.

25. Contemporary art exhibition by
Joana Vasconcelos at Palace of
Versailles, Paris

26. Joaquim de Almeida, actor
Daniela Ruah, actress

27. Cristiano Ronaldo, football player
Fátima Lopes, fashiondesigner

28. Mariza, singer
David Fonseca, singer
Dead Combo, music band

29. Vihls, graffiti/street artist
Bordalo II, street artist

30. And now, here are some of
our beautiful cities and
regions.

31. Guimarães

32. Braga

33. Porto

34. Lisboa, our capital city

35. Algarve

36. Madeira

37. Açores

38. Lousado
Lousado is a small village in the V.N.
Famalicão Municipality with only around
5.000 inhabitants.
However, it is a very important business
centre with many national and international
companies´ head offices or branch offices.

40. Thank you for your attention!