Is that true? The article doesn’t provide any reference to support that claim and the Portuguese Wikipedia only has a very brief mention at the 9th paragraph that it’s also known by that name, but nothing about being its official name.
Google the phrase a number of documents and travel blogs come up suggesting it’s a real thing. Also this reddit thread which you can translate from portuguese to learn the hiatory of why
This might just be a case of english speaking wiki writiers being lazy when it comes to foreign place articles.
“Because during the ‘Liberal Wars’ it suffered several sieges and was never taken, and it ended up being a very important starting point for the victory of Dom Pedro IV, who intended to secure the throne for Queen Maria II, who later bestowed the title of ‘Ancient, very noble, always loyal, and Invicta (Unvanquished)’ upon the city of Porto.”
Is that true? The article doesn’t provide any reference to support that claim and the Portuguese Wikipedia only has a very brief mention at the 9th paragraph that it’s also known by that name, but nothing about being its official name.
Google the phrase a number of documents and travel blogs come up suggesting it’s a real thing. Also this reddit thread which you can translate from portuguese to learn the hiatory of why
This might just be a case of english speaking wiki writiers being lazy when it comes to foreign place articles.
If it was real it would say so on a single government page, and yet no page does.