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Portugal — Atlantic port

Porto, Portugal's second-largest city, began as the Roman outpost of Portus Cale, a name often linked to that of Portugal itself. Under the Suevi and Visigoths it became a centre for the spread of Christianity, and its cathedral dates from the 12th century. A Jewish quarter was assigned there in 1386, and in the early 1490s Rabbi Isaac Aboab, known as the last gaon of Castile, negotiated permission for Castilian Jewish families to settle in the city, where he died in 1493. Port wine takes its name from Porto, whose historic centre became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.

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