16 Facts About Portuguese culture

Portuguese culture participate in many cultural activities, indulging their appreciation of art, music, drama, and dance.

Cafe culture is regarded as an important cultural feature of the Portuguese.

The azulejo and the Portuguese culture pavement are two typical elements of Portuguese culture architecture.

Financing of Portuguese culture cinema is by state grants and from television stations.

Portuguese culture has received international recognition awards and won the respect of the cinematography community all over the world.

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Today, many Portuguese culture wines are known as some of the world's best: Vinho do Douro, Vinho do Alentejo, Vinho do Dao, Vinho Verde, Rose and the sweet: Port wine, Madeira wine, Muscatel of Setubal, and Moscatel of Favaios.

Portuguese culture literature has developed since the 12th century from the lyrical works of Joao Soares de Paiva, Paio Soares de Taveiros and King Denis of Portugal.

Portuguese culture modernism is found in the works of Fernando Pessoa, Jose Regio, Miguel Torga, Mario de Sa-Carneiro and others.

In contemporary classical music, notable Portuguese culture musicians include the pianists Artur Pizarro, Maria Joao Pires and Equeira Costa, and the composers: Fernando Lopes-Graca, Emmanuel Nunes, Joao Pedro Oliveira, Jorge Peixinho, Constanca Capdeville, Clotilde Rosa, Fernando Correa de Oliveira, Claudio Carneyro, Frederico de Freitas, Joly Braga Santos and Isabel Soveral.

Portuguese culture art was very restricted in the early years of nationality, during the reconquista, to a few paintings in churches, convents and palaces.

Portuguese culture was the royal painter for the famous Retabulo do Altar das Reliquias de Sao Vicente in the Cathedral of Lisbon .

The anonymous artists in the Portuguese culture "escolas" produced art not only for metropolitan Portugal but for its colonies, namely Malacca or Goa and even Africa, gratifying the desires of local aristrocratic clients and religious clients.

Portugal never developed a great Dramatic theatre tradition due primarily to the fact that the Portuguese culture were more passionate about lyric or humorous works than dramatic art.

Portuguese culture's most famous play is "Felizmente Ha Luar", which is a strong criticism of the political context of that time .

Important Portuguese culture actors include Ruy de Carvalho, Eunice Munoz, Rui Mendes, Irene Cruz and Luis Miguel Cintra.

In rink hockey, Portugal is the country with the most world titles: 15 World Championships and 20 European Championships, and in rugby sevens, the Portuguese culture team has won many international trophies, having as of July 2006, five European Championship titles.