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Portugal Web Product Catalogue
The Portugal Web Product Catalogue has been just released. This Catalogue is in PDF format and was made aiming that Portugal Web costumers will have another option to know more about its products. In this catalogue you will find a selection of around 70 products divided in two main areas: equestrian and embroidery. All the products in this catalogue are made in Portugal.
Tags: Made in Portugal
III Ponte de Lima Horse Fair
Today the 3rd edition from Ponte de Lima Horse Fair will start. This Portuguese equestrian event will be held at Ponte de Lima, a town located in the North of Portugal in the Minho region. There will be many equitation activities organized between the 25th and the 28th of June. This Horse Fair will start with the XII European Working Equitation Championships. Portugal will be present with a very strong working equitation team which includes the famous working equitation rider Pedro Torres.
Tags: Equitation, Horses
XXI International Lusitano Horse Festival
The most important event dedicated to the Lusitano horse breed in Portugal will be starting today the 10th of June and will be going on until the 13th. The Lusitano horse is the best know and the most appreciated Portuguese horse breed. The International Lusitano Horse Festival is organized by the Portuguese Association of Lusitano Horse Breeders (Associação Portuguesa dos Criadores do Puro Sangue Lusitano - APSL) and will be held as usual in the last editions at Hipódromo Manuel Possolo in Cascais a beautiful town nearby Lisbon.
Tags: Equitation, Horses
National Agricultural Fair 2009
The main agriculture fair in Portugal is the National Agricultural Fair “Feira Nacional da Agricultura”. This Fair is held at Centro Nacional de Exposições e Mercados Agrícolas (CNEMA) in Santarém which is the capital of the Portuguese region Ribatejo. The 2009 edition corresponds to the 46th National Agricultural Fair and the 56th Ribatejo Fair and will happen between the 6th and 14th of June. In this edition the main theme is “Water” due to its importance to the Portuguese agriculture.
Tags: Equitation
Olive oil Biennial 2009
The Biennial of Olive oil is a nationwide event organized in Portugal about Portuguese olive oil. This event is organized in the city centre of Castelo Branco in the Portuguese olive oil region of Beira Baixa DOP. The dominant olive cultivar in this region is the Galega olive and its olive oils are golden yellow sometimes with a hint of green and a fruity taste. The Biennial of Olive oil 2009 will happen between the 29th and the 31st of May. The program includes olive oil tasting and an olive oil and design competition with 34 Portuguese olive oils from several Portuguese olive oil regions.
Tags: Food
Horse driving in Portugal
It is difficult to detail the origin of horse driving, although it is certain that is much ancient than Portugal existence. Since the antiquity here are many examples how horse driving was done in the past in civilizations such as the Egyptian, Persian, Greek and Roman. In Portugal horse driving has carried out a long way from being an essential way of transport to the modern equestrian discipline and the leisure horse driving carried out nowadays. Horse driving represents also in Portugal an important part from the Portuguese equestrian heritage.
Tags: Equitation, Horses
IX Golegã Mare Fair
The eleventh Golegã Mare Fair (IX EXPOÉGUA) will be held at Golegã, Portugal, between the 8th and 10th of May. Golegã, an historic village close to the river Tagus, is known to host every year in November the Golegã Horse Fair (Feira Nacional do Cavalo) which is the main Fair for horses in Portugal. Since eleven years ago, every year in May, Golegã has been hosting a Fair dedicated to the Mare. This Fair has become already a visiting point for all those interested in horse breeding in Portugal.
Tags: Equitation, Horses
Portuguese saddles
As Portugal has a long equestrian tradition, Portuguese saddles have an ancient origin. As elsewhere, in Portugal the saddles have evolved over the time having in mind what have been consider the main priorities from equestrian activities, moving from a military purpose to the modern sports. Although there several Portuguese saddle models the traditional Portuguese saddle is certainly the best known both internationally and in Portugal. We can establish a parallelism between the Lusitano horse and the Portuguese saddle. In Portugal there are many horse breeds from many countries coexisting with the Portuguese horse breeds. However the Lusitano horse is the main horse breed reference. In the same way there are nowadays in Portugal many saddle models coming from many countries. However the Portuguese saddle is main saddle model reference when one thinks in a saddle in Portugal.
Tags: Equitation, Horse Tack, Made in Portugal, Saddles
Equestrian Portugal
Equestrian Portugal is certainly related with Portugal’s existing horses, equestrian activities and products. Although there many horse breeds, from many countries, the Portuguese horse breeds and in particular the Lusitano horse plays a very prominent role in Portugal. The Lusitano horse is overall without any doubt the main horse breed reference in the Portuguese context despite for some equestrian disciplines other horse breeds from other countries have today a very important role. The Lusitano horse is very widely appreciated in Portugal due its versatility, concentration ability and docility. The Lusitano breed is also the best know Portuguese horse breed within and outside Portugal.
Tags: Equitation, Horses, Saddles
Portuguese olive oil
Olives have been cultivated in the region where Portugal is today for longer than Portugal’s existence as a country. Although it is though that the existence is earlier than the Romans certainly at that time olives were grown and olive oil was produced in where today is Portugal. Currently a remarkable dinamism in the establishment of new plantations and in the improvement from the management practices is being seen in Portugal. Most of the Portuguese olives are used for olive oil production just around 5 % of the total are used to be eaten as table olives.
Tags: Food, Made in Portugal