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A Casa Portuguesa de Eliana Tomaz em Lisboa

April 29, 2023

With an international career, Eliana Tomaz designs interiors, furniture as well as her brand of accessories Tomaz Design. She uses artistic drawing to explore colors in her projects. Read more abou...

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Chita de Alcobaça — A Portuguese Legacy

April 21, 2023

Originally from India and brought to Europe by Vasco da Gama in the 15th century, Chita (from the Indian Chintz) gained notoriety from the 17th-18th century, when it followed the trends of Europea...

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Nova Vida: Veerle Devos after Ghent, life in Ribatejo, Portugal

April 15, 2023

Veerle has been dividing her time between the bustling capital of Lisbon and the peaceful and lovely cork hills of the Ribatejo. You may know her as the author of the travel and photography book To...

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A Casa Portuguesa de Olivier e Stéphane em Olhão, Algarve

April 7, 2023

The decoration shop Zé e Maria is an institution in Olhão, Algarve. Today, Olivier Pereira and Stephane Gaillard share with us their Portuguese lifestyle and open for the first time the doors of t...

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Portuguese traditions of celebrating love

February 14, 2023

Love doesn't need celebrations would say some. On the contrary others value the celebrations they give to their love.Fernando Pessoa wrote a poem called "Amo como o amor ama" (I love like love love...

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Portugal Manual: the community who redesigns the Portuguese tradition

October 21, 2022

As founder and curator of Portugal Manual, my first objective is to tell the stories of these new artisans who dare to return to the handmade works. One of the problems that I have identified was ...

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Nazaré in the 50's by the most renowned photographers

August 1, 2022

At the base of Luz Editions, there is the love of photography and transmission. Old photographs of Portugal fascinate and move me. Nazaré in the 50's is the symbol of "a poor and hard-working but ...

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10 of the most beautiful azulejo facades in Portugal

July 8, 2022

The azulejos carry an image and symbolic charge in Portugal. They are anchored in the idea and the imagination of a heritage, a memory and a national cultural identity, which they in turn nourish....

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