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On 29 January 2021, Portugal closed the border with Spain due to the COVID-19 pandemic; only people with exceptional reasons (force majeure) were able to cross. The planned closure was expected to last for fourteen days, but this was extended to 1 March. [9] [10] The closure was further lengthened to 16 March 2021, then again to 5 April 2021.
Spain and Portugal subsequently became allies for the first time in centuries and, allied to a British army under Sir Arthur Wellesley, drove the French back across the border in 1813 after a prolonged, brutal and victorious conflict for Spain and Portugal against the French known as the Peninsular War.
The Lower Guadiana International Bridge (Spanish: Puente Internacional; Portuguese: Ponte Internacional) is a bridge that crosses the Chança River connecting southern Spain and Portugal. Since early December 2016 to June 2017 the bridge was closed due to a landslide on the Spanish side of the bridge. [1] [2]
Portugal has taken the matter to the EU, protests planned on 12 January at Spanish consulates were organised by Movimiento Ibérico Antinuclear, [1] which coincided with a meeting between Portuguese and Spanish delegates in Madrid, which ended in deadlock and Portugal to complain to the EU that Spain ignored the potential cross-border impact ...
Portugal–Spain border crossings (20 P) G. Guadiana (2 C, 9 P) M. Minho (river) (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Portugal–Spain border" The following 14 pages are in ...
Pages in category "Portugal–Spain border crossings" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Guadiana International Bridge (Spanish: Puente Internacional del Guadiana; Portuguese: Ponte Internacional do Guadiana) is a bridge that crosses the Guadiana River connecting southern Spain (town of Ayamonte) and Portugal (town of Castro Marim). It is the southernmost land crossing on the Portugal–Spain border. It is not split evenly ...
The border, seen from the Spanish side, 2004 The closed Spanish gate at the border between Gibraltar and Spain, 1977. The Gibraltar–Spain border is the international boundary [a] between the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar and the Kingdom of Spain.