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The vast history of the territory of the Euro-Region Galicia and the North of Portugal has enabled the footprints of the different settlers to be still perceptible these days. It is enriching to be able to visit the prehistoric monuments of these regions, for a better understanding of how life centuries ago was.

The vast history of the territory of the Euro-Region Galicia and the North of Portugal has enabled the footprints of the different settlers to be still perceptible these days. It is enriching to be able to visit the prehistoric monuments of these regions, for a better understanding of how life centuries ago was.

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From revolution to our days.<br />

Monastery of A Serra do Pilar (Vila Nova de Gaia)<br />

Church of Sta Maria de los Dolores (Lalín)<br />

IV, and as recognition, his heart is still<br />

preserved in the church of Nuestra<br />

Señora da Lapa. His victory was the<br />

one of the liberal ideas, but, in order<br />

to keep the throne in Brazil, he had<br />

to abdicate in favour of her daughter.<br />

The accession to the throne of María<br />

II did not mean the implementation of<br />

the liberal ideals at all. In a similar<br />

evolution that that of Spain in the 19th<br />

century, the Portuguese queen made<br />

use of the liberal support in order to<br />

gain power, but then governed with<br />

the support of the main faction, the<br />

moderates. The radical faction was<br />

pushed to the side-lines and did not get<br />

to see their aspirations fulfilled.<br />

Obelisk, Memória Beach (Matosinhos)<br />

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