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Academia De Marinha
The ''Academia de Marinha'' (Portuguese for "Navy Academy" or "Marine Academy"), MembIH is the cultural agency of the Portuguese Navy under the Chief of Naval Staff. Its purpose is to promote and to publish artistic, literary, historical, and scientific studies relating to the sea and maritime activities. Its offices are located in Lisbon at the Naval Headquarters, Rua do Arsenal. History This agency of the Portuguese Navy developed from the Maritime History Studies group (''Grupo de Estudos de História Marítima''), established in 1969 by the vice-admirals Sarmento Rodrigues and Teixeira da Mota. In the following year, it was renamed the Center for Naval Studies (''Centro de Estudos de Marinha''). In December 1978, its role was widened into a broader cultural agency and renamed the ''Academia de Marinha'' (Portaria nº 769). Motto The motto of the ''Academia de Marinha'' is a verse from Os Lusíadas ''Os Lusíadas'' (), usually translated as ''The Lusiads'', is a Portugue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in continental Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain, the sole country to have a land border with Portugal. Its two archipelagos form two autonomous regions with their own regional governments. Lisbon is the capital and largest city by population. Portugal is the oldest continuously existing nation state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times. It was inhabited by pre-Celtic and Celtic peoples who had contact with Phoenicians and Ancient Greek traders, it was ruled by the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |