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Roasted sardines are the obligatory dish at the big São João festival in Porto. There is no table at the S. João festival on the 24th of June that does not have the famous grilled sardines, which is why it is quite representative of the Porto region.S. João is a popular festival full of traditions, including leeks and plastic hammers, used to hit the heads of people passing by, as well as th...

Did you know?! This store was initially a mystical item store, a snake with a cauldron was its first logo. In mid-2010 the logo was changed, because the store was then a ceramics store with a selection from the various regions of Portugal, so the old logo no longer made sense. Therefore, the cauldron was maintained but the snake was replaced with ceramics. The current logo (round and blue) wa...

Very famous in Italy and Portugal, faience is a similar type of ceramic and belongs to the porcelain family, as it is produced with less kaolin than porcelain but is older and more traditional than porcelain, as well as being more resistant.Faience has porous masses of white or ivory color and requires subsequent glazing. They are used to create decorative pieces, dinner sets, tea sets, etc.P...

It is quite common for our customers to ask whether the black clay is painted, but the answer is, no. It is not painted, as the black color is achieved both on the outside and inside through cooking, reduction of oxygen and the absorption of carbon (smoke). In addition to its characteristic color, this method , provides good waterproofing capacity.Soenga is the name given to the ancestral process ...

In São Pedro do Corval, in the municipality of Reguengos de Monsaraz, in the district of Évora in Alentejo, there is a clay that is already ready to work.This red clay is decorated with floral themes and country scenes such as planting, harvesting and picking olives.Nowadays we find pieces with blue bottoms, which have designs carved patiently by spikes.This ceramic is a utility pottery that can b...

A long time ago, a Galician pilgrim was passing through Portugal on his way to Santiago de Compostela to honour a vow. On reaching Barcelos, he decided to spend the night at an inn. The townsfolk, who were up in arms over a crime for which they could not find the culprit, accused the poor pilgrim who, despite protesting his innocence, was imprisoned and sentenced to death by hanging.For his last w...

Coimbra, in the center of Portugal, has produced ceramics for many centuries and possesses the oldest written document related to national ceramics.The pottery of Coimbra represents the Eastern tradition - porcelains of China that was brought back by the sailors during the time of the discoveries - and also the influence of the Arab style.Since 1960 there have also been produced ceramics insp...