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The most beautiful Café in Porto is called Majestic?

Majestic was not his fists name! When this beautiful café opened its doors in 1921 it was called Elite! It was a luxurious Art Noveau arquitecture Café . Immediately, famous writers, artist and politicians made of this Café their second home. Inside, people would discover a world of marbles, stucco, mirrors, crystals, velvet and varnish […]

The University Portuguese Costume

Exploring the streets of our cities, foreigners can notice that some young people are dressed in total black, with capes around them! What is this? This is the traditional costume that our university students wear to go to class! They dress this costume with pride and for generations to come they will continue to wear […]

Carnivals in Portugal!!

The origins for the word Carnaval, come from the Latin “Carnem Levare” or “Carnis Levale” that means “abstinence of meat”. Carnival was celebrated during the period before Easter Time or Lent, when the Catholics would not eat meat! It´s believed that this big festivity celebrated along Europe (that were also taken to South America and […]

Christmas

Christmas is a season loved everywhere in the world! Portuguese also love this festivity, and being mostly a Catholic country, is celebrated with all the honors it deserves.

Why people from Porto are called the “Tripeiros”?

Susana Reis

Easter Time

Easter Time in Portugal: A world of ancestral traditions! In Easter time, the houses are clean and painted, to receive the religious small procession that carries the Cross (“Compasso”), that symbolizes the entrance of Jesus Crist in our homes, with the blessing of the priest. Families and friends get together in the main living room […]

D. Pedro IV

Did you know? The heart of D.Pedro IV (nicknamed “the Liberator”, was the founder and first ruler of the Empire of Brasil) is stored in Porto? He gave the independence to Brasil in 1822! He soon became involved in a wider conflict that enveloped the Iberian Peninsula in a struggle between proponents of liberalism and those seeking a return to absolutism. Pedro IV died […]

Moors in Porto

Did you know? Did you know that the city of Porto was conquered twice by the Muslims? The first conquest took place in 716 by Abde Alaziz Ibne or Abdelaziz. Abdelaziz conquered several territories in the center of the Peninsula and submits to his domain the territory from the river Tejo to Galiza. Portucale (old […]

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