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Which Portuguese city shares Sousa's "Conquistador" nickname due to their shared birthplace?

  • Lisbon

  • Porto

  • Faro

  • Guimarães

Answer

Guimarães is a city in northern Portugal. It is the birthplace of Afonso Henriques, the first king of Portugal. Henriques was nicknamed "The Conqueror" for his role in the Reconquista, the Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors. The city of Guimarães shares Henriques' nickname due to their shared birthplace.
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