History of Lagos
 
Lagos is a maritime village with over 2000 years. Its importance has increased significantly over the period of the great sea voyages of the fifteenth century Portuguese. The Infante Dom Henrique, known as Infante de Sagres or Navigator, lived in Lagos, commanding many expeditions departed this city towards the achievements in Morocco and the discovery of the western coasts of Africa. Lagos became a city by King D. Sebastian in 1573, during his trip to the Algarve United, however the confirmation letter of the title was passed only by the royal chancery in the reign of his successor, the great-uncle Cardinal D. Henry, in 1579. Former Lagos was a beautiful city with many monuments, so far the great 1755 earthquake and the subsequent tsunami, however survived among others, some walls of the sixteenth century, the palace of the governor and the slave market, which is believed to have been the first black slaves in Europe