Latest news and stories about historical figures in Portugal for expats and residents.
Founder of the PSD, former Minister of Internal Administration and a key figure in various moments of Portuguese political history, Ângelo Correia is Júlio Isidro's guest for a conversation about a life split between politics, business and the world.
Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Queen of Portugal
Carmen Calvo discusses the historical perception of Isabella of Portugal, highlighting her intelligence in the eyes of her husband, Charles V.
For 10 weeks, we travelled through time and summoned characters who shaped the history of Porto. The prose that follows is a taster for what you haven't heard yet or what you'll want to hear again.
The local official argues that the country lives in a different time from when the harvester from Baleizão was murdered. “There are no longer Lieutenants Carrajola shooting at protesters with impunity.”
She lived in the best area of Havana, attended parties at embassies, and belonged to the elite with access to luxuries unthinkable for Cubans. But she chose to join the Cuban revolution, with Fidel and Che.
In 1987, the book that the former journalist wrote about his father, a Nazi who cooperated with the Holocaust, was published. We spoke with the author of “My Father: A Revenge”, now published in Portugal.
From October 6th to 8th, researchers from Portugal and Vietnam will discuss the legacy of Francisco de Pina, the native of Guarda who romanized the Vietnamese language in the 17th century.
The global geopolitical landscape during the Second World War was deeply fragmented by ideological and military fault lines, witnessing the horrors of imperialist expansion. In this context, Mahatma Gandhi addressed the most powerful figures of the era, including Adolf Hitler, Franklin Roosevelt, the leaders of Imperial Japan, and Chiang Kai-shek of China. These wartime letters represent the ultimate test of Gandhi's core philosophy of peace (Ahimsa) and freedom (Swaraj). Gandhi challenged Hitler's brutality, questioned the Allied hypocrisy regarding colonial rule in India, rejected the Japanese as 'liberators', and expressed solidarity with China. For Gandhi, India's independence was not an isolated nationalist ambition but an essential element for building a moral world order, asserting that lasting peace cannot be achieved by the sword and true freedom cannot be built upon the exploitation of others.
“93 years is not an interrupted life, it is a fulfilled life. 93 is not dying, it is resting,” recalled one of her grandsons. She was the owner of the Rio Frio Palace in Palmela and a prominent figure in the region's agricultural and social history.
He served as Minister of Labour between 1978 and 1981, in the IV and VI Constitutional Governments of the AD. He was 91 years old.
Marques de Carvalho was also Minister of Administrative Reform in the VII Constitutional Government, of the AD, led by Francisco Pinto Balsemão.
In a speech this Friday, the President of Brazil quoted a Uruguayan writer who said that 'Brazilian gold left holes in Brazil, temples in Portugal, and factories in England'.
Lula references a quote by Eduardo Galeano to discuss the historical impact of colonial resource extraction on Brazil, Portugal, and England.
Four years later, the heart of D. Pedro IV is once again on public display at the Church of Lapa, in Porto.
The oldest joke book to survive to the present day is called Philogelos and circulated among the Greeks and Romans. It was written in Ancient Greek and likely published between the 4th and 5th centuries AD. Translated literally, Philogelos means something like 'the lover of laughter' or 'the friend of laughter'.
The mass production of coinage happened gradually
Portugal and Brazil have released a publication covering three hundred years of shared military history.
Coming from Navarre to Porto, Father Marinho stands out for wanting to “teach how to fish” to lift the Portuguese out of poverty. At the Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro Charity Centre, free courses were offered.
The Clérigos Tower, which took about 30 years to reach the sky, is, in the opinion of historian José Manuel Tedim, the mark that links the architect to Tuscany, where Nasoni was born in 1691. In this episode of Histórias do Porto, Carlos Rico talks to the researcher about the Italian decorator who became an architect in Porto and about the conspiracies that almost caused the collapse of the tower that today defines the city's landscape.
58 years ago, after being informed by doctors of Salazar's irreversible incapacity, the President of the Republic Américo Tomás announced to the Portuguese people the name of the new President of the Council of Ministers.
The daughter of the last director of the PIDE disappeared in Cuba. Months later, it was revealed: she abandoned everything to join the revolution, with the help of Fidel Castro. This is the story of the new Podcast Plus.
Haakon VII's attitude was one of great dignity and strengthened the relationship with the people, who saw in the king an example of patriotism and integrity.
The Gallery of Royal Collections in Madrid has presented its new guest work, 'The Emperors Charles V and Isabella of Portugal' by Peter Paul Rubens, which will be on display until 17 January 2027.
The Emperors Charles V and Isabella of Portugal, by Rubens, is the only original reference to the original portrait of Charles V and Isabella of Portugal, painted by Titian in memory of the queen.
Researchers from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro argue that the revocation prevents history from repeating itself.
Annie wants to stay in Cuba and live like a Cuban. But she remains the daughter of the PIDE director. And Fernando Silva Pais and his wife are not willing to let her cross over to the enemy side so easily.
In the premiere of 'The Scandals of a Revolutionary', Annie Silva Pais disappears. What seemed like a family misunderstanding will turn out to be a diplomatic incident involving the CIA, Fidel, and Salazar.
The people's saint may, after all, have begun his story much closer to the Lisbon elites than popular memory usually admits.
