Ever since immemorial times, the Portuguese have been famous for being adventurous and easily fascinated by the unknown.

These characteristics originated countless expeditions from Portugal to the entire world, undertaken by courageous navigators. This lead to a lot of different land discoveries, which ended up being taken over by the Portuguese, thus spreading Portugal’s Empire and taking along our language, faith, culture and customs.

As a consequence, many parts of the world still have constructions built under our domain and which remained as a legacy, once the Portuguese left.

This year, the Government together with several other Portuguese institutions, nominated 27 of those ancient monuments and submitted them to a poll, with the finality of choosing “The 7 Portuguese Wonders in the World”.

Among the nominated were Forts, Churches, Convents, towns and so on, built on the 16th and 17th centuries, spread over 16 countries in 3 continents: Africa, Asia and America

Yesterday, June 10th, the day dedicated to Portugal, and the Portuguese Communities, the winners were revealed:

• Diu Fort in India;
• Mazagão Fort in Moroco;
• Bom Jesus Basilica in Goa, India;
• Santiago Old Town in Cape Verde;
• Saint Paul Church in Macau, China;
• Saint Francis of Assisi of Penance Convent in Ouro Preto, Brazil;
• Saint Francis and Third Order Convent in São Salvador da Baía, Brazil.

You can have a look at the winners here:
7 Maravilhas de Origem Portuguesa no Mundo

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