Exhibition "Return - Traces of Memory", Monument odf the Discoveries, Lisbon, 2015 (Photo: Maria Vlachou) |
I'm Portuguese by
adoption. When I arrived in Portugal, in 1995, the only thing I knew about the
history of the country had to do with the Discoveries (of sea routes and
spices, taught in my country in the 7th or 8th grade). Over the years, I have
been "discovering" the rest (even with regard to the Discoveries and
beyond the sea routes and the spices). The story I was taught in school was, as
usual, only one part.