page_title: Culture of Portugal
section_title: Cuisine
hierarchical_section_title: Culture of Portugal / Cuisine
caption_attribution_description: English: Traditional "Cozido à portuguesa" photo taken at Restaurante Cristovão, Linda-a-velha Deutsch: Portugiesischer Eintopf Cozido à portuguesa 한국어: 포르투갈의 전통 음식 "코지두 아 포르투게자"
context_page_description: The culture of Portugal is the result of a complex flow of different civilizations during the past millennia. From prehistoric cultures, to its Pre-Roman civilizations, passing through its contacts with the Phoenician-Carthaginian world, the Roman period, the Germanic invasions of the Suebi, Buri and Visigoths, Viking incursions, Sephardic Jewish settlement, and finally, the Moorish Umayyad invasion of Hispania and the subsequent expulsion, during the Reconquista, all have made an imprint on the country's culture and history.
  The name of Portugal itself reveals much of the country's early history, stemming from the Roman name Portus Cale, a Latin name meaning "Port of Cale", later transformed into Portucale, and finally into Portugal, which emerged as a county of the Kingdom of León see County of Portugal and became an independent kingdom in 1139. During the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal was a major economic, political, and cultural power, its global empire stretching from the Americas, to Africa, and various regions of Asia and Oceania.
caption: A dish of cozido à portuguesa
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