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Users. 30 million (as of 2024) G2A.COM Limited (commonly referred to as G2A) is a digital marketplace headquartered in the Netherlands, [ 1][ 2] with offices in Poland and Hong Kong. [ 3][ 4] The site operates in the resale of gaming offers and others digital items by the use of redemption keys. G2A.COM’s main offerings are game key codes for ...
The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon earthquake, impacted Portugal, the Iberian Peninsula, and Northwest Africa on the morning of Saturday, 1 November, Feast of All Saints, at around 09:40 local time. [ 3] In combination with subsequent fires and a tsunami, the earthquake almost completely destroyed Lisbon and adjoining areas.
Vasco da Gama Bridge. / 38.762; -9.043. The Vasco da Gama Bridge ( Portuguese: Ponte Vasco da Gama) is a cable-stayed bridge flanked by viaducts that spans the Tagus River in Parque das Nações in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. It is the second longest bridge in Europe, after the Crimean Bridge, [ 8] and the longest one in the European Union.
In 1916, after Portugal interned German ships in Lisbon, Germany declared war on Portugal. [427] In 1918 the Spanish flu descended on the city, killing many thousands and worsening the situation of the workers, who then revolted several times. [428] Sidónio Pais, the military leader and politician was murdered in central Lisbon on 14 December ...
Overview. At the outbreak of World War II, Portugal was ruled by António de Oliveira Salazar, who in 1933 had founded the Estado Novo ("New State"), the corporatist authoritarian government that ruled Portugal until 1974. He had favoured the Spanish nationalist cause, fearing a communist invasion of Portugal, yet he was uneasy at the prospect ...
Lisbon. / 38.72528°N 9.15000°W / 38.72528; -9.15000. Lisbon ( / ˈlɪzbən / LIZ-bən; Portuguese: Lisboa [liʒˈβoɐ] ⓘ) [ 3] is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131 as of 2023 within its administrative limits [ 4] and 2,961,177 within the metropolis. [ 5]
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1147. Siege of Lisbon by Christian forces under Afonso I. [4] [6] Lisbon Cathedral construction begins. [7] 1179 – City receives charter. 1184 – City attacked by Muslim forces under Abu Yaqub Yusuf. [4] 1242 – Convento de São Domingos de Lisboa founded. 1256 – Lisbon becomes capital of the Kingdom of Portugal.