Portugal’s diverse architecture
Portugal's architecture made its artistic statement.
It developed its style, like all aspects of Portuguese culture noted in the history of the country, and many people that have settled and influenced the current Portuguese territory.
These settlers include Romans and Suebians, among other related Germanic peoples, Visigoths, and Arabs.
Influence from the main European artistic centers, such as Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, and Neoclassicism, are also present.
Among the primary local manifestations of Portuguese architecture are the Manueline, the exuberant Portuguese version of late Gothic, and the Pombaline style that developed after the Great Lisbon earthquake of 1755.
