Christopher Columbus may have become known for discovering the Americas for Spain, but his journey started in Madeira, Portugal, where he was buying a shipment of sugar.
Lagos council, in the Algarve, wants to develop nautical tourism by mapping the historic shipwrecks and artifacts on its coast, creating an archaeological map.
Timex Portugal was one of the first casualties of the revolution, but strangely, although they started making watches in Portugal, they then switched to making.
A concert by Salvador Sobral and an exhibition by 49 local artists are part of the celebrations of the City of Lagos Day, in the district of Faro, taking place.