Portugal is my favourite country in the world! The native's are so friendly and welcoming and the food is outstanding! Very upset I may not be able to visit again this year! Sending love from Wales, I hope to visit again 🏴🇵🇹
18:16 This is absolutely wrong. Spain was never able to successfully invade Portugal. The kind died young that led to a succession crisis and then a princess or a queen (not sure) married to the king of Spain, making the Iberian Union. Every time Spain tried to invade Portugal, they failed miserably
Yeah, I mean, Portugal literally kicked Spain's ass every time it tried to conquer us, with the greatest exemple being the Battle of Aljubarrota, where we won Spain's army which was three times the size of ours using only our wits. It was like watching David beating Goliath.
@@rafaelmatos5851 it wasn't only 3 times, the spanish had 31 000 man plus 2 000 french cavalry and we had 6 600 plus some english longbowman. Well it was close to 3 times, but it was an incredible moment in our history still :)
@@artyom2643s The thing not-hispanic people tent to make is to say that every latin-derived language is spanish, so when they try to speak Portuguese, Italian, maybe French, they tent to talk with a spanish accent, which makes me a bit triggered, since I'm from Portugal. But I gotta say something, when we ( latin-derived language speakers ) try to speak other latin-derived languages, we tent to do well at pronouciation since these languages are very similar, so I gotta give Sam some kudos for atleast trying.
Hi Sam in 19.35 you say that Philip the second from Spain invaded Portugal. That was actually not the case, Portugal, due to some unfortunate events, had ni king and there were some candidates to the throne among them your spanish boy philip, philip then became king and the country was now in an "alliance" with Spain, both being ruled by spain, then came two more philips from spain (the son and the grandson of the first philip I mentioned) who also ruled Portugal and Spain but ech one repected portugal and its rights less, using their ships and military, wich they couldnt. That led to a revolution and Portugal was independent again.
Actually, several of these contenders were Portuguese, including António, Prior of Crato, whom most of the people recognized. Philip DID sweep in with Spanish armies, defeating Antonio at Alcântara and then seizing Lisbon. Tl;dr it does seem like there was indeed an invasion to kick things off.
Some epic gamer boy they weren’t united. The Cortes de Tomar agreement maintain Portuguese independece, currency, language, even official office’s holders had to be Portuguese. Same king as Spain, diferent country. More like nowadays UK and Canada
Some epic gamer boy colonies were still considered part of the portuguese empire. The king couldn’t raise taxes, for instance, without doing so at the Portuguese Cortes, with the approval of portuguese nobility, clergy and after the people’s representatives’ consultation. He couldn’t do it from Madrid, he has to summon the Portuguese Cortes to do so. That’s actually the reason for the rebellion against Filipe III of Portugal ( IV of Spain), because he decided to raise Portuguese taxes from Madrid.
@Some epic gamer boy Monarchies back then (XVI and early XVII) weren't the absolute monarchies of the XVIII century m8. No king had complete control. The monarchy was bound, by treaty (Cortes de Tomar) to uphold the kingdom's independence and to respect the will of the Cortes (namely nobility and clergy). There was only one area where the king had complete power: Foreign Relations. All previous alliances (namely the Anglo-Portuguese alliance) were put on hold. (which add disastrous consequences for the Portuguese Empire during the Iberian Union... specially against the British and Netherlands). There's a case to be made whether this de juri independence was a de facto independence. In some fields, yes, in others, not much... and that is why the Union didn't work out. Loosing independence was always inadmissible by the Portuguese nobility and even common folk, that opposed the Union in the first place, while the nobility didn't.
My mother is from Portugal. She came to America when she was nine years old. I believe in the 70s. When ever we get together she talks about what it was like when she was little running through the fields eating fruits and vegetables but later got in trouble for it. My promise to her is to one day save up enough to go visit! I love watching these videos learning our heritage where we came from! And imagining what life would’ve been like if we were to grow up there. I hope one day to be able to go and roam around city, beaches and fields like she did when she was little. I think if I take her she won’t come back home though 😂❤️
You forgot that Magellan gave us the name of the Pacific Ocean, coming from the Portuguese word, Pacifico, meaning peaceful. The Portuguese were not only the first Europeans to reach India by sea, reach Brazil by sea, but they also gave us Labrador in Canada (named after João Fernandes Lavrador, who discovered it in 1498). This was the first European voyage to Canada (except for the Vikings from the 10th century). They were also the first Europeans to reach Indonesia, China, Japan and the Philippines by the sea. There is literally no country on Earth which has discovered more of our planet than Portugal!
error: n 73 "they started by kidnaping people from west Africa..." actually ,there was already a huge slave trade at that time... the slaves were sold by the king of Congo to the Portuguese. Yes, you read that right. Africans enslaved other Africans...
A 19 de setembro de 1761, pela mão de Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, então conde de Oeiras e assinado por D. José, foi emitido um alvará libertando todos os escravos negros provenientes da América, África ou Ásia assim que cheguassem à metrópole (atual território de Portugal) após desembarque.[12] Esta lei, expandida posteriormente em novos alvarás, foi o primeiro passo para a abolição da escravatura no mundo.[13] No início do século XIX, por pressão da Grã-Bretanha, Portugal proibiu o comércio de escravos e, em 1854, por decreto, foram libertos todos os escravos que restavam. Dois anos mais tarde, também foram libertos todos os escravos da Igreja Católica nas colónias. A 25 de fevereiro de 1869, produziu-se finalmente a abolição "prática" e completa da escravatura em todo o Império Português. Em 1930 morreu a última escrava em Portugal com 120 anos de idade.
Actually slavery in Africa was different to what the west did. You kept your enemies has slaves for only a special time then they are let go. Many masters married their slaves. They also traded their slaves but the rules were commonly known. No one knew how the caucasians would deal with slaves. Please research your story. The Portuguese also acted as guards to many of the Kings in West Africa including the Benni and the Yorubas. The Africans liked the idea of having white guards as it was different to others.
@@trinitylizz The treatment of slaves in Africa was different according to each nation, and was very brutal in a lot of them. The slave sellers didn't knew how the Caucasians would deal with the slaves, but didn't care as well
I'm a Brit and absolutely adore Portugal and go there at every available opportunity and am learning the language. This was a fascinating and deepened my knowledge of Portuguese culture considerably. Thank you.
Cof cof Lemme just do this. Heróis do mar, nobre povo, Nação valente, imortal, Levantai hoje de novo O esplendor de Portugal! Entre as brumas da memória, Ó Pátria sente-se a voz Dos teus egrégios avós, Que há-de guiar-te à vitória! Às armas, às armas! Sobre a terra, sobre o mar, Às armas, às armas! Pela Pátria lutar Contra os canhões marchar, marchar! Desfralda a invicta Bandeira, À luz viva do teu céu! Brade a Europa à terra inteira: Portugal não pereceu Beija o solo teu jucundo O Oceano, a rugir d'amor, E teu braço vencedor Deu mundos novos ao Mundo! Às armas, às armas! Sobre a terra, sobre o mar, Às armas, às armas! Pela Pátria lutar Contra os canhões marchar, marchar! Saudai o Sol que desponta Sobre um ridente porvir; Seja o eco de uma afronta O sinal do ressurgir. Raios dessa aurora forte São como beijos de mãe, Que nos guardam, nos sustêm, Contra as injúrias da sorte. Às armas, às armas! Sobre a terra, sobre o mar, Às armas, às armas! Pela Pátria lutar Contra os canhões marchar, marchar! This is the Portuguese anthem
Great! Obrigado! 3 things: 1 - saudade comes from soledade, feeling alone, missing something 2 - Spain (alias, Castilla) NEVER took Portugal. The Iberian Union was a Portuguese idea becoming stronger with the Portuguese king Manuel the 1st. It took place when there was a successors crisis, once the king Sebastian died young in a battle in Morocco and leaving no kids. 3 - bacalhau, cod fish. It is nacional dish, but we don't have the fish. It was 1stly introduced by the Vikings when they come to Lusitania coasts to take salt. 'Til the start of the 20th century, the way to preserve meat and fish, was precooking it, drying it under the sun with salt or at the entrance of a fire place. The Portuguese fished it at the Northern seas, including Terra Nova, which was a Portuguese possession even before Colombo reached America. Later, it was kind of given to the British which changed its name to Newfoundland. The city of St John was the village of São João and Lavrador, another village becoming a city, was the name of a Portuguese saylor. The British misspelled it writing Labrador and yes, it's the local dog's breed name :) Ah, forgot to tell a friendly joke about fish and chips, also made with codfish: we use to say that we cook it and the British spoil it :P :D
Fact 102: The Portuguese introduced the chilly/ piri-piri to the Kingdom of Siam, nowadays Thailand. Bonus fact: in those days the capital was Ayuthaya.
Portugal is an AMAZING country! For such a small country, it is unbelievable all they have contributed to the bigger world. I recently created a video on it really came to appreciate all its done for the world:) I feel that Sam did a wonderful job in this video!
and somehow it's the 2nd biggest bridge in europe how big must that first place one be? also after several minutes researching on which was the longest bridge in europe i only found Vasco the Gama bridge in portugal which is what i thought in the first place, it's not the 2nd biggest bridge in europe it's the biggest
Thanks for the video 😉 I am a Portuguese and I loved it! 16:45 The April 25th 1974 revolution (known as The Freedom Day) is the unique revolution without a single shot being fired at some one. Not a single shot fire, not a single drop of blood shed. It was a peaceful revolution, due to the people being tired of the lack of freedom and living in poverty enforced by the Estado Novo dictatorship. After all, Marcelo Caetano (the President which came after António de Oliveira Salazar) was in favour of a change, but people wanted it sooner - rather, the Military forces wanted it sooner, because it was those Military forces which commanded the revolution. 18:33 Portugal was also the first country in the World to abolish slavery. 19:52 It is important to note that the record was pursued to highlight the inauguration of the Vasco da Gama Bridge - right before the International Exposition of 1998. Which is then talked about at 21:17 - The Vasco da Gama bridge is still today the longest bridge in the European Union, and the second longest in all of Europe - after the Crimean Bridge. 22:16 Fado is somewhat equal to Saudade, in Portuguese, but Fado is the music genre, like Pop or Rock. The word Saudade was talked about in 7:00 22:54 Pastéis de Nata is not the same thing as Pastéis de Belém. Despite being apparently similar, they are vastly different. Pasteís de Belém are those who tourist and Portuguese buy from the Belém district, in Lisbon. Pastéis de Nata are those which can be bought all across the country. The only words which were painful to understand were the ones referring to dishes (e.g. Carne de Vinho'd'alhos e Peixeinhos da horta). The other words were okay, and we understand that they are very difficult to pronounce. Portuguese is one of the toughest languages to learn, due to its complexity (due to having many irregular verbs, each person in a verb has a different way of writing and saying) and uncommon pronunciation - which differs from many other languages. Equatorial Guinea is not officially a recognized Portuguese-speaking country, because the CPLC (the organization which brings together all the Portuguese-speaking countries) recognizes that Equatorial Guinea violates The Human Rights.
Talking about 'Saudade', I once saw a good video about Portugal. It said that there is a time in history that they long for, which was even part of their culture, their identity. That was their seafaring days. It also said that in the days of the dictator Salazar, Portugal was very isolated. So, Portuguese people from Angola and Mozambique knew far more about the outside world.
"Sauda see us"? 😂 What is THAT supposed to mean? Im Portuguese and don’t know anything even resembling that. 😅😂 And ALL of the Portuguese towns, dishes, locations and peoples names are pretty much unrecognizable! Even i couldn’t decipher them 😄 but kudos for the nice video overall i guess 😉
when I saw this video on the recommendations I wanted to cry, I've always asked 101 facts to do a video about Portugal, thank you, Sam. Greeting from Portugal
Stop saying "I'M frOm pOrTuGal" or "wHo eLsE iS fRoM POrTuGal", because it's obviously that most of the people who saw this video are portugueses, incluindo eu :)
My mom is with an Italian guy.. like 8 years now… she’s slowly turning to the other side!!! 😂 so I’m sending her stuff on how amazing we are and to not loose her path 😂 😂 viva Portugal 🇵🇹 ❤️
Fun Fact, Portugal, was the first one to present Europe the fruit Orange. On the West Side of Europe, some countries call the Orange "Portugal" (on their own way using their own language) as thank for us to show them that sweet fruit. Yes i said "us". Im portuguese and im proud of my country for it's past, even tho we also had a lot of problems. I'd like to say, Portugal was the country that made the whole Europe move forward by starting the colonisation and exploration.
Love Portugal, I have ancestry from the Azores and Lisbon. I was so happy when they won Eurovision in 2017 even though I was also rooting for Epic Sax Guy. Their cuisine is pretty good. We wouldn’t have peri-peri if it wasn’t for the Portuguese
Saudade, in fact, means more than that and most Portuguese do not know it. Is all those things but also an idealization of a lost past that we could have felt, like a dream. We can see some of these examples in our poetry, and it is more explicit in the poetry of Fernando Pessoa who remembered his childhood with saudade writing it as a dream that he wanted to realize but couldn't, always with a tone of (if i knew then.. but if i knew it wouldn't be the same) because his childhood wasn't the best but if he knew then how adoulthood was he would have lived a different childhood but that wasn't possible because if he knew how it was he would live in agonie. Also in a different tone of what saudade is Luis Camões (another poet) remembered our past achievementss with saudade, romantising it and idealizing it and wishing that we could achieve other great things because he missed the times that Portugal was prospering even though he wasn't there and never had felted that in his life. Saudade is painful, we whish we could have something back but changing some things. saudade is filled with regret and we wish we had done things differently.
Sam! Portugal? What the hell? I live there, I already know this. Choose another theme. 😂😂 I watched the whole video. Very accurate. It's the first one I've seen in RU-vid that I didn't to run away from. I just didn't understood half of the names, but you tried and it's a really good video. Maybe you should try to put subtitles when the names can't be said in English like... D. Manuel I, D. Afonso Henriques...
@@SleepyCat-yp9rq Não é assim tão certeiro o video, tem factos inuteis/repetidos, alguns errados e outros distorcidos.... em geral foi um video muito fraquito!!
@@CLK.11 Concordo plenamente, I mean... o gajo nos 13 minutos e qualquer coisa, a falar de Portuguese boats and stuff ele mete uma embarcação com a bandeira da marinha russa 🤦🏽♂️
if you "know" the facts he told in this video then you want to reeducate yourself as most of it is plainly wrong or outdated information which is weird since they've released this video this month
fun fact about me I was born on the day of the lisbon earthquake (well obviously not during it or i'd be centuries old), so I'm the second biggest disaster to happen on november 1st
you did your best trying to speak Portuguese. and i would be surprised if you said everything correct. nice video btw. theres some more facts that could have been better for the video :P but was a good job.
@@yikesvikes that's nitpicking. The Portuguese language is one of the hardest of the world to pronounciate, specifically for English native speakers. He did his best. I was responding to fred, about how he in English said Fate, and not Faith, for someone that's not a native English speaker those words are hard to distinguish when pronounced, and I was pointing that.
@@lk-ls9nr He didn't do any effort to try to sound good at all. Idk, there's google translator where you can listen to words or just ask a native. He didn't need to speak perfectly but I mean he just didn't seem to make any effort at all...
I would like to point out that Anibal Milhais was made knight with the Military Order Of Tower and Sword, of Valor, Loyalty e Merit. Such Condecorations were meant for officers to Generals. Basically saying, Anibal was the first and only Soldier to receive that Condecoration!
My study program in uni involves us going to Porto for half of the year. (From September to January) i can't wait for next year. Hopefully corona will be settled down by then
