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Afonso Miguel Maria Gil de Braganca van Uden

Born 20 Jan 1980

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  1. 20 Jan 1980

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The 1980s · Afonso is born

Who governed

Music

Music at Portuguese Pilgrimages and Festivals

Pilgrimages like the Romaria de Nossa Senhora d’Agonia featured amateur wind bands, drum ensembles, and improvised poetic competitions where performers challenged each other with rhymed verses. Groups of zés-pereiras, consisting of snare and bass drums, were vital for announcing festivities by performing through village streets.

Daily life

Rural homes lacked basic utilities and infrastructure

In the 1970s, many rural homes lacked basic utilities like running water, electricity, and private bathrooms, forcing families to rely on public fountains and outdoor sanitation. Households commonly cooked over open hearths without chimneys, often using firewood or coal briquettes in clay-filled stoves.

What it cost

Controlled food prices in 1985

In 1985, the government set the maximum price for a unit of wheat bread at 4.50 escudos and one liter of milk at 62 escudos.

The Berlin Wall falls. Berliners tore down the wall on 9 November; within two years communism had ended in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.Around the world · 1989

The Berlin Wall falls. Berliners tore down the wall on 9 November; within two years communism had ended in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.

Unknown photographer, Reproduction by Lear 21 at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0

What people wore

Youth challenged dress codes in Lisbon

In the early 1980s, young people in Lisbon began challenging traditional dress codes by wearing bold, unconventional styles, like ska-patterned tops and spiked heels, often inspired by international underground scenes.

Getting around

Long coach journeys from Paris to Lisbon

In 1984, the 1,830 km coach journey from Paris to Lisbon took 31 hours, maintaining an average commercial speed of 57 km/h.

At the table

Meat as a rare festive luxury

Meat was considered a luxury, often reserved only for special feast days or holidays.