Portugal

WELCOME TO

Lousã

Lousã

Population:10,945,870

Area:92,391 km²

Currency: Euro

Language: Portuguese

Government: Parliamentary Republic

Capital: Lisbon

• Portugal is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east.

• Portugal is a European Union member since 1986.

Climate:• Oceanic in the north;• Mediterranean in the south;• Annual temperature averages: 13 °C (55 °F) in the north and 18 °C (64 °F)

in the south. Generally, spring and summer are sunny, whereas autumn and winter are rainy and windy.

The beaches

Figueira da Foz

Figueira da Foz

Tocha.

Aveiro

A beach in the Algarve

The Algarve

The Algarve - LAGOS

The countryside

Alentejo

Gerês

Minho

S.Miguel (Azores)

Marvão

Lousã

The Cities

Lisbon (Lisboa)

Lisbon (Lisboa)

Lisbon (Lisboa)

Porto

Porto

Coimbra

Coimbra

Coimbra – University

Faro (Algarve)

Guimarães

Viana do Castelo

The mountains

Serra da Estrela(Mountain range)

Altitude:1993 m

Pico’s Mountain(Azores)

Altitude: 2351m

Lousã’s Mountain

Altitude: 1205 m

The rivers

The Tagus / Tejo (Lisbon)

Douro(Oporto)

Mondego (Coimbra)

Gêres Natural Park(where four rivers meet)

The Madeira and Azores Atlantic

archipelagos

Madeira

Madeira

The Azores

The traditions

Trays festival(Tomar)

Fadosingers

(Coimbra)

“Queima das fitas” (Students’ graduation festival)

COIMBRA

“Festa das Flores” (Festival of the Flowers) – Campo Maior

The past

The present

The future

OCEANARIUM in LISBON

Class 9 AEscola Básica 2,3 da Lousã

Portugal“Welcome to Europe”

an e-guide book of different European regions.

Music: Loreena McKennitt – “Beneath Phrygian Sky”

November 2007