THE alarm has been raised for authorities on the Iberian Peninsula to better prepare themselves for a potentially devastating ...

A Museum initiative aims to raise awareness of what happened 269 years ago with the lighting of monuments and a chorus of ...

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The mayor noted that the selection of Viseu is related to the region's status as one of the least earthquake-prone places in ...

The polymathic philosopher saw divine intention in the minute structure of reality. Voltaire painted him as a cockeyed ...

I have just been soundly reminded of how arrogant we Americans can be, while recognizing that we may not have any good reason ...

In 1755, an earthquake in Lisbon, Portugal, killed 60,000 people. In 1800, U.S. President John Adams and his family moved into the newly built White House after Washington became the U.S. capital.

The history of Mafra Palace, the main setting for ‘Queen Margot,’ competes for sheer epic (and, at times, terror) with the ...

Sadly, most of the city only dates back to the late 1700s as most of it was destroyed in a huge earthquake ... Lisbon Tickets & Tours' travel expert Magdalena Petrusic said: "Portugal offers ...

This section of town survived a devastating earthquake in 1755, meaning that it is one of the best places to catch a glimpse of pre-18th century Lisbon architecture. Bairro Alto is probably best ...