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According to legend, on 12 March 1345, the miracle of Amsterdam occurred and Amsterdam became an important pilgrimage town. The town grew considerably thanks to the pilgrims. A Roman Catholic procession ( Stille Omgang) occurs every year to celebrate the miracle. Two great fires swept through the city in 1421 and 1452.
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City Hall becomes the Royal Palace. Royal Institute of...
- Miracle of Amsterdam
Best known is the Stille Omgang of Amsterdam, which is still...
- Timeline of Amsterdam
The history of Portugal can be traced from circa 400,000 years ago, when the region of present-day Portugal was inhabited by Homo heidelbergensis. The Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula , which lasted almost two centuries, led to the establishment of the provinces of Lusitania in the south and Gallaecia in the north of what is now Portugal.
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Click on the map for a fullscreen view. Amsterdam ( / ˈæmstərdæm / AM-stər-dam, UK also / ˌæmstərˈdæm / AM-stər-DAM, [10] [11] Dutch: [ˌɑmstərˈdɑm] ⓘ; literally, "The Dam on the River Amstel ") is the capital [a] and most populated city of the Netherlands. It has a population of 921,402 [12] within the city proper, 1,457,018 ...
The city of Amsterdam emerged in the 13th century around a dam across the Amstel River. Because of its strategic location at the mouth of the Amstel and the IJ, Amsterdam grew into a powerful trading city during the Golden Age (seventeenth century).
1200 – 1572. Amsterdam is a very old city and used to be called Amstelerdam. Even today, the inhabitants still call it Mokkum. The city is named after a 13th-century dam in the River Amstel and after it was granted city rights in the 1300s, the city soon developed into a prosperous trading city.
In history of Europe: Portugal. Neighbouring Portugal acquired independence in 1668 after revolt and war protracted by the stubborn determination of Philip IV to maintain his patrimony. This small country had suffered since 1580 from its Spanish connection. Resentment at the loss of part of Brazil and most of…. Read More.
The Kingdom of Portugal ( Latin: Regnum Portugalliae, Portuguese: Reino de Portugal) was a monarchy on the western part of Iberian Peninsula and the predecessor of the modern Portuguese Republic . The predecessor of the Kingdom of Portugal was the County of Portugal, established in the 9th century as part of the Reconquista, by Vímara Peres, a ...
