History of Lagos, Portugal
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Lagos is a city in the District of Faro, in Portugal. According to tradition, the city was founded about 2,000 years before the Birth of Christ,[1] having been under rule by the Carthaginians,[2] Romans[3] and Muslims.[4] After the Christian reconquest, it played a leading role in the Portuguese Discoveries, becoming the main city in the Algarve, a position it lost to Faro after the devastating earthquake of 1755.[5] Recovery was hampered by the French invasions and the Portuguese Civil War,[6] only regaining some importance in the mid-19th century, with the development of industries, mainly canning.[7] After World War II, a phase of replacement of industrial activities by tourism is witnessed, whose economic importance marks the transition to the Third Millennium.[8]