Latest news and stories about toponymy in Portugal for expats and residents.
There is a clear return of politics and the political, of friend and enemy, to the public sphere. Even around here.
Lisbon is a city with Peter Pan syndrome. With little promenades, small flowerbeds and narrow lanes. With a mistaken system of place names: calling avenues 'streets' and streets 'alleys'. A column by Miguel Marcelino
Did you know that “Vedras” in “Torres Vedras” means “old” (feminine plural)? Marco Neves also explains the difference between “oliva” and “azeitona” when referring to the fruit of the olive tree.
