The sultan unleashed war elephants. They turned on his own men.
Nature
Earthquakes, elephants and rhinos: how nature changed Portugal's history, and how people marvelled at it.
5 stories3 stories4 stories
Hidden stories: 2.
Hidden stories: 1.
Avis and the Discoveries3 stories2 stories
The Pope was given an elephant, and the elephant knelt before him.
The king pitted a rhino against an elephant. The elephant fled.
Pombal and the Earthquake2 stories1 story
The king left Lisbon that morning because his daughter asked.
In Mafra, old books are guarded at night by bats.





