Portugal

Portugal

Portugal ranks 33rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind South Korea, Croatia, and Iran. Memorable people born in present day Portugal include Ferdinand Magellan, Vasco da Gama, and Bartolomeu Dias. Memorable people who died in Portugal include António de Oliveira Salazar, Prince Henry the Navigator, and Eusébio. Portugal has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians and the death place of many politicians and companions.

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located mostly on the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the westernmost sovereign state of mainland Europe, being bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain. Its territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, both autonomous regions with their own regional governments. The official and national language is Portuguese. Read more on Wikipedia