tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350151782011-04-21T18:20:09.583-07:00christianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433449572330951977noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35015178.post-1159222074028293292006-09-25T14:57:00.000-07:002006-09-25T15:07:54.036-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3934/1701/1600/PRT.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3934/1701/200/PRT.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">H</span>istoric references to the city go back to the 4th century and to<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> Roman times, although Celtic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celt" title="Celt"></a> and pre-Celtic remnants of ancient<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citadel" title="Citadel"></a> Citadels were found in the heart of where Porto now lies. In the period before the foundation of Portugal, it was named <i>Portus Cale</i> - Port of Gaia in English . The surrounding county was named Condado Portucalense (English: County of Portus Cale).<br /><br />This county later became the independent kingdom called Portugal, after eventually expanding to its current frontiers into the south as it reconquered territory back from the invading Moors under the reign of King Dom Afonso Henriques,<br />O Conquistador in the beginning of the 1st millennium.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35015178-115922207402829329?l=portosights.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>christianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433449572330951977noreply@blogger.com1