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====Portugal==== As of December 2022, there are 20,500 German nationals residing in Portugal.<ref name=":0" /> This number only include foreign nationals and thus excludes German citizens who have acquired [[Portuguese passport|Portuguese citizenship]] (around 400 people since 2008), as well as Portuguese people of German descent.<ref name=":3" /> [[File:Lisboa-Cemitério Alemão-Graves1.jpg|left|thumb|German cemetery in [[Campo de Ourique]]]] Around 6,000 Germans live in the municipalities of [[Lisbon]], [[Oeiras, Portugal|Oeiras]], [[Sintra]] or [[Cascais]], in the [[Portuguese Riviera]].<ref name="SEFSTAT – Portal de Estatística">{{Cite web |title=SEFSTAT – Portal de Estatística |url=https://sefstat.sef.pt/forms/distritos.aspx |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=sefstat.sef.pt}}</ref> On the other hand, around 5,000 Germans live in the southern region of [[Algarve]].<ref name="SEFSTAT – Portal de Estatística"/> The German community is especially noticeable in Lisbon and [[Porto]]. Each city hosts a [[German Evangelical Church]], a [[Education in Germany|German school]] and offers German libraries. There is also a German church as well as a German school in Algarve while [[Madeira]] hosts a German Evangelical Church.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amt |first=Auswärtiges |title=Escolas Alemãs em Portugal |url=https://lissabon.diplo.de/pt-pt/themen/deutschlernen/s-auslandsschulen/1745172 |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=lissabon.diplo.de |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bücherstube – Livraria Alemã – Shop in Porto |url=https://shopinporto.porto.pt/loja/bucherstube-livraria-alema/ |access-date=2023-10-14 |language=pt-pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Igreja Evangélica Alemã em Portugal |url=http://www.dekl.org/portugu%C3%AAs/igreja-evang%C3%A9lica-em-portugal/ |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=Deutsche Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Lissabon |language=de-DE}}</ref> Lisbon also hosts a Catholic German Church and a German cemetery since 1821.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diretório da Cidade |url=https://informacoeseservicos.lisboa.pt/contactos/diretorio-da-cidade |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=informacoeseservicos.lisboa.pt |language=pt-PT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=O Cemitério protestante alemão de Lisboa |url=http://www.dekl.org/portugu%C3%AAs/cemit%C3%A9rio-alem%C3%A3o/ |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=Deutsche Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Lissabon |language=de-DE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Deutscher Evangelischer Friedhof Lissabon |url=http://www.dekl.org/deutsche-ev-kirchengemeinde-lissabon/deutscher-friedhof/ |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=Deutsche Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Lissabon |language=de-DE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Monumentos |url=http://monumentos.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=23354 |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=monumentos.pt}}</ref> Many Luso-Germans have acquired fame throughout the years. Individuals of the community include [[Alfredo Keil]] (1850–1907), composer of ''[[A Portuguesa]]'', the Portuguese [[national anthem]], archaeologist [[Virgínia Rau]] (1907–1973), banker and industrialist [[António Champalimaud]] (1918–2004), architect [[Francisco Keil do Amaral]] (1910–1975) and former prime minister [[Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro]] (1849–1907). Contemporary figures of German descent include football player [[Diego Moreira]], [[Eurovision Song Contest|Eurovision song contest]] winner [[Salvador Sobral]], surfer [[Nic von Rupp]], actresses [[Catarina Wallenstein]] and [[Vera Kolodzig]], and tennis player [[Maria João Koehler]]. Amongst the most notable Luso-Germans there is undoubtedly [[João Frederico Ludovice]], who was commissioned the project for the [[Mafra National Palace]] in 1711.
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