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Porto

Also known as Oporto

Porto is Portugal's second city, on the north bank of the Douro near its mouth. Known as Portus Cale in late antiquity, it gave its name to the County of Portugal after Christian forces took it in 868, and it grew into a trading port famous for the fortified wine named after it. It began the Liberal Revolution of 1820, endured the siege of 1832–1833 in the civil war, and was briefly the seat of the royalist Monarchy of the North in 1919.

Porto
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Mentioned in 8 state histories

Kingdom of AsturiasCounty of PortugalCaptaincy of Porto SeguroState of the PresidiKingdom of BrazilUnited Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the AlgarvesMiguelist PortugalMonarchy of the North

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Porto. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/porto
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