Coastline news in Portugal

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Sunny October afternoon at Carvoeiro Boardwalk

Home Algarve Sunny October afternoon at Carvoeiro Boardwalk Sunny October afternoon at Carvoeiro Boardwalk Today, after lunch, we took a stroll along the beautiful Carvoeiro Boardwalk, one of our favourite places to enjoy the Algarve coastline.

The Portugal News28 Oct

“Leave Arrábida alone”: beach privatisation sparks protest

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Legal dispute between private entities and the State reignites the debate over public access to the coastline

expresso.pt18 Jun

“Leave Arrábida alone”: beach privatisation sparks protest

Our coast has already 'shrunk' by 1,380 football pitches

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The Portuguese coastline has lost an area equivalent to 1,380 football pitches due to erosion.

Público12 Mar

Our coast has already 'shrunk' by 1,380 football pitches

Portugal

1755:The Lisbon earthquake of 1755
At about 9.40 on the morning of All Saints' Day, with many people at Mass, a massive earthquake devastates Lisbon. Roughly 45 minutes to an hour later a tsunami surges up the Tagus into the lower town, and fires burn for days; modern estimates of the dead in Lisbon alone run from about 10,000 to 40,000.
Read more Earthquake and Enlightenment, 1750–1807
2011: The American surfer Garrett McNamara rides a wave of about 23.8 metres (78 feet) off Praia do Norte in Nazaré, a Guinness world record that put the fishing town's giant winter swells, funnelled by the Nazaré Canyon, on the global surfing map.

Elsewhere

1993: The Maastricht Treaty, signed in the Dutch city in February 1992, enters into force, creating the European Union and laying the foundations for European citizenship and the single currency.

Who appoints the Portuguese Prime Minister?

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