Paralympic sports news in Portugal

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Portugal in the Wheelchair Handball World Championship

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Portugal's participation in the Wheelchair Handball World Championship.

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Portugal in the Wheelchair Handball World Championship

Youth Paralympic Camp. Participants practice Paralympic sports

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Cantanhede hosts the Youth Paralympic Camp. It is an initiative promoted by the Portuguese Paralympic Committee and the Sports Federation for Persons with Disabilities.

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Youth Paralympic Camp. Participants practice Paralympic sports

First Adapted and Paralympic Judo Event in the Algarve

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First Adapted and Paralympic Judo Event in the Algarve

Portugal

1391: The future King Duarte, 'o Eloquente', is born in Viseu, son and from 1400 heir of João I and Philippa of Lancaster. A scholar-king and author of the 'Leal Conselheiro', his short reign was marked by the disastrous expedition to Tangier in 1437.
1886:Porto's Ponte Luís I opens
The upper deck of the Ponte Luís I over the Douro, designed by Théophile Seyrig and built by the Belgian Société de Willebroeck, is inaugurated in Porto on the king's birthday. The lower deck followed in 1888, and the two-tier iron arch became the enduring emblem of the city.
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Elsewhere

1517: Martin Luther sends his Ninety-five Theses against the sale of indulgences to the Archbishop of Mainz, the act traditionally dated as the start of the Protestant Reformation.

When did East Timor (Timor-Leste) become an independent state after Portuguese decolonization and Indonesian occupation?

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