Portugal faced four-days worth of turbulent wildfire this week leading to at least 41 people being injured amid the blazes. As temperatures across Europe reach sweltering heats of up to 42C this week, ...

PORTUGAL is a popular tourist destination for many - but Brits hoping to enjoy some summer sun this year could be forced to change their plans as the country is engulfed by flames. Express.co.uk bring ...

Portuguese King Manuel I (who ruled from 1495-1521), commissioned this Belgian tapestry to commemorate explorer Vasco da Gama's "discovery" of India in 1498. Da Gama is the figure at the left, ...

In 1502, as Europeans hungrily looked to the vast new continent across the Atlantic Ocean, innovative maps of these unfamiliar territories became objects of power and intrigue. Alberto Cantino, an ...

IN the 1400s, decades before the voyages of Christopher Columbus, sailors from little Portugal braved the oceans to map the world, carry back spices and other treasures, spread Christianity and set ...