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The Kingdom of the Algarve (Portuguese: Reino do Algarve, from the Arabic Gharb al-Andalus غَرْب الأنْدَلُس, "Western al-'Andalus"), after 1471, Kingdom of the Algarves (Portuguese: Reino dos Algarves), was a nominal kingdom within the Kingdom of Portugal, located in the southernmost region of continental Portugal, until the end of the monarchy in 1910.
Portugal is generally considered as successful in upholding the civil liberties and protecting the human rights of its citizens. [1] Portugal has proved to be determined in promoting and respecting human rights at an international and national level. [2]
Top left to bottom right: aerial view of the capital of Algarve Faro; Estói Palace; City gates in Faro; A beach in Albufeira; The open fields of the Algarve in spring; Mourish style market of Loulé; Castle of Loule; The city of Portimão; Algarve's typical coast (Marinha Beach, near Lagoa)
With his leopard-like spots, Navarro - a male lynx - calls out during mating season as he walks towards a camera trap. Just short of 100cm (39 inches) in length and 45cm in height, the Iberian ...
Portimão (European Portuguese pronunciation: [puɾtiˈmɐ̃w] ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in the district of Faro, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. [1] The population in 2022 was 60,879, [2] in an area of 182.06 km 2. [3]
Lagos (pronounced ⓘ; Proto-Celtic: *Lacobriga) is a city and municipality at the mouth of Bensafrim River and along the Atlantic Ocean, in the Barlavento region of the Algarve, in southern Portugal. [1]
Face Oculta (Hidden Face) is a Portuguese nationwide political corruption, money-laundering and corporate tax evasion scandal, first noticed in October 2009. The Polícia Judiciária [1] investigated the business group headed by Manuel Godinho, suspected of economic crimes and bribery of managers of public funds.
The Ciganos were the object of fierce discrimination and persecution. [6] The number of Ciganos in Portugal is about 40,000 to 50,000 spread all over the country. [7] The majority of the Ciganos concentrate themselves in urban centers, where from the late 1990s to the 2000s, major public housing (bairros sociais) policies were targeted at them in order to promote social integration.