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about Portalegre

Portalegre is a city in Portugal.

Portalegre history

Portalegre was founded in the reign of Afonso III, in 1259. It was to be given to his bastard son D. Afonso Sanches.

In D. Diniz' reign, by a Carta Régia of the 18th of November, 1299, it was determined that Portalegre would be donated to the king himself and later to his first born son and heir.

Portalegre was elevated to the status of city on the 23rd of May, 1550, by D. João III. At this time, the city was regarded as an important administrative and economic centre.

In the 15th century, it was already recognized for its cloth manufacturing.

As it is near the frontier with Spain it always suffered lots of invasions from foreign troops: in 1704 (during the War of the Spanish Succession), it was attacked and conquered by the army of Felipe V; again in 1801 during the War of the Oranges, it surrendered to the Spanish Army, this way trying to counter the French dominion. In 1847 it was occupied by forces of Spanish General Concha.

The importance of Portalegre would come to be recognized in 1859, when it became district capital.

Its name derives from the Latin Portus Alacer (meaning "dry port").

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