porto portugal travel blog Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/porto-portugal-travel-blog Tue, 16 Aug 2016 14:39:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Travel to Porto Portugal http://toursmaps.com/travel-porto-portugal.html http://toursmaps.com/travel-porto-portugal.html#respond Wed, 22 Jun 2016 06:15:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=206625 HISTORY Apparently founded 200 years previously by Greek tradesmen, the town came in to the possession of the Romans in 1 BC and was called then Portus Cale. In 540 came the Visigoths, in 716 the Arabs and in the 11th century Porto became the county of Portucalia, supposedly the origins of the name Portugal. In 1394 Henry the Navigator was bom there. From 1580 to 1640 Porto was in the possession of the Spanish rulers. Burn on Mari and Mark’s son Courtesy of MARi-LYNN and Mark Matt and Melanie spoke to Mari at length about her feelings and experiences.

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