Two Hundred Years of the Carta Constitucional — On Wednesday Portugal Hits the Bicentenary of the 1826 Charter, the Single Document That Framed 72 Years of Constitutional Monarchy
On Wednesday, 29 April 2026, Portugal marks 200 years since Dom Pedro IV — the same Pedro who was at that moment Emperor of Brazil — signed a charter that would govern the country, on and off, for the next seven decades. The Carta Constitucional de...