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An aerial view over the red tiled roofs and white houses of Horta on Faial in the Azores, with the stone facade of the former Jesuit college and its church at the centre.

A Century After the Faial Earthquake Brought Down 4,138 Houses, the Horta Museum Is Marking It With an Evacuation Drill for a Hundred Children

At 8.42 on 31 August 1926 the Faial to Pico channel moved, and 4,138 houses on an island of twenty thousand people came down. A historian marking the centenary asks whether the rebuilding that followed was ever properly supervised.

The Portugal Brief 30 Aug 2026

The Paco das Escolas courtyard at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, with its clock tower, colonnaded wings and the statue of King Joao III.

A Brazilian University Has Revoked the Doctorate It Gave Salazar in 1941, Citing the Professors His Regime Drove Out of Portugal's Own Universities

The Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro withdrew the honour on Thursday, 85 years after the Universidade do Brasil conferred it. The citation names censorship, repression, colonial policy and the academics the Estado Novo forced out. It landed in the same year as a propaganda pact.

The Portugal Brief 29 Aug 2026

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

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...

The Portugal Brief 27 Apr 2026

Seville's April Fair Honours Portugal With Gateway Celebrating 500 Years Since Carlos V Married Infanta Isabel

Seville's April Fair Honours Portugal With Gateway Celebrating 500 Years Since Carlos V Married Infanta Isabel

When Seville's famous Feria de Abril lights up on the evening of 20 April, the monumental gateway welcoming millions of visitors will carry an unmistakably Portuguese theme — honouring the 500th anniversary of the marriage between Emperor Carlos V...

The Portugal Brief 17 Apr 2026

Jeronimos Monastery Church Restoration Completed After 13 Years of Painstaking Work

Jeronimos Monastery Church Restoration Completed After 13 Years of Painstaking Work

The restoration of the church at the Monastery of the Jeronimos, one of Portugal's most important cultural monuments and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has been completed after 13 years of meticulous conservation work. The project, which addressed...

The Portugal Brief 16 Mar 2026

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