Portugal: Culture#
World Heritage#
- Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores
- Convent of Christ in Tomar
- Monastery of Batalha
- Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon
- Historic Centre of Évora
- Monastery of Alcobaça
- Cultural Landscape of Sintra
- Historic Centre of Oporto
- Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde
- Laurisilva of Madeira
- Alto Douro Wine Region
- Historic Centre of Guimarães
- Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture
- Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications
- University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia
Nobel Prize Winners (2)#
Here persons are counted for the country they born in or if their affiliation is with this country.| Name | Category | Year | Motivation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz | Medicine | 1949 | "for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses" |
| José Saramago | Literature | 1998 | "who with parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality" |