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Encontro Nacional 2011
The Belém Tower is located on the right bank of the Tejo River in Portugal, Europe. Built in Manuelin...
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Belém Tower at the Tagus riverside in Lisbon. It was built in the early 16th century in the Manueline...
The Belém Tower was built as a fortified tower in the begin sixteenth century, with the obectivo to p...
The Belém Tower was built in the begin sixteenth century and it is located on the right bank of the T...
The Olives Garden, situated in the Centro Cultural de Belem, is very pleasant, consisting of two lake...
This pano was shoot during the speech of the IMPPACTO Catering owner in the Museu de arte Popular em ...
Padrão dos Descobrimentos - (Monument to the Discoveries) is a monument that celebrates the Portugues...
Monument to the Discoveries (Padrão dos Descobrimentos)
Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.
The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.
Don't be confused that Europe is called a continent without looking like an island, the way the other continents do. It's okay. The Ural mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years. Russia technically inhabits "Eurasia".
Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights.
In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states.
Text by Steve Smith.
