About Portugal Web
When in Europe, the Iberian country of Portugal is the place to be, especially in the winter months when the balmy breezes of the Mediterranean makes it a perfect spot for a holidays. The country boasts of its coastal beaches facing either the Atlantic or the Mediterranean waters as well as the rolling hills of its rustic provincial interiors that are home to medieval castles and cultural museums showcasing the country’s long history which begans in the XII century.
Portugal is not just a feast to the eyes; it is also home to some of the finest equestrian and culinary traditions that have made the world a lot richer.
Portugal Web is a one private endeavor to showcase these products in the context of Portugal’s cultural heritage.
Founded in January of 2007, Portugal Web is a young company with a team of vibrant energetic entrepreneurs channeling a shared passion to bring world class made in Portugal products for the delectation of worldwide audiences online.
These products have been handcrafted by artisans who carry the country’s centuries old tradition for making some of the best leather saddles and fine embroidery needlecrafts.You can visit Portugal to find them or you can visit Portugal Web right from the comfort of your home. Portugal Web is managed by the Portugalweb Lda Company registered in Portugal. VAT registration number 507769821.
The Equestrian Heritage
During the Roman settlement of the Iberian Peninsula, Portugal region was known as Lusitania. Hence, today the Portuguese people can be sometimes called Lusitano people. In addition, its most famous horse breed took on the derivative name Lusitano more than a thousand years later.
Along the way, Portugal developed a love for horses with an evolving engagement with military cavalries, horse-drawn transportation, bullfighting with horses and equestrian sporting events that now define its equestrian heritage.
With a love for horses over the centuries, it is only natural that a concurrent tradition of handcrafting horse back riding accessories have evolved into a thriving industry over the same period. You have horse saddles of various designs and purpose coming into play like dressage and equitation saddles. You have horse tacks, bridles and cavessons figuring in as part of accessorizing your horse stable.
Today, not only has the world benefited from the Lusitano thoroughbreds populating the stud farms, race tracks and stables around the world, but the name Lusitano has found its mark as among the finest equestrian accessory brands anywhere.
Portugal Web is proud to present the Lusitano brand of equestrian accessories to the world. They represent centuries of fine handcrafted Portuguese saddles like the Portuguese, Relvas, Ribatejo, Domingues and Dinis saddles that can only be handcrafted in Portugal.
The Portuguese Dining Experience
Europe can arguably claim to be the culinary capital of the world. And Portugal stands out with a centuries-old tradition in preparing fine food peppered with the most aromatic spices and herbs typical of Mediterranean dishes. It helped a lot when its navigators of the 14th to the 17th centuries brought home exotic spices and delicacies from its conquered lands in Africa, the Far East and South America.
The country’s mild Mediterranean microclimate and its rich fecund soils conspire to create the right conditions for growing and harvesting some of the finest olives, grapes and pine nuts that have given rise to the country’s export industries for wines and olive products.
Olives
The country’s cultivation of Galega olive groves thriving abundantly in the provincial regions of Algarve, Alentejano, Moura, Ribatejo and Beira Alta to mention some, have made olives one of the country’s export earners. Portugal is the world’s 10th largest producer and exporter of olive products. Olive oils have figured prominently in the preparation of native Portuguese culinary art everywhere in the country. In the meantime, health buffs around the world recognize its intrinsic health value lauding the olive oil as the most healthful edible cooking oil on the planet.
Wines
Portugal’s array of vineyards dotting the country has produced wines of exquisite quality that have made it the world’s fifth largest producer and exporter of wines after Australia. Chief among them are its Port and Madeira wines so named after the regions where they were grown or shipped and can be found as stable wines in just about all the fine dining tables and restaurants around the world. Its Port wines come from the country’s Douro region now labeled a heritage site by UNESCO for being the world’s oldest wine producing region on earth.
Pine Nuts
Pine nuts have been used in Portuguese delicacies for centuries and account for that unique Portuguese culinary experience that people around the world look for in their gastronomic experiences. Pines stones from which the nuts are harvested abundantly grow in Portugal’s wooded regions and have become a favorite culinary ingredient behind various native dishes predating the use of exotic spices brought home by the country’s navigators in the 14th - 16th centuries.
Table Embroidery
Modern fine dining brings culinary excellence to visual grandeur when set over fine table cloths. Not just any table cloth, but one steeped in fine needlecrafts like the linen and cotton embroideries from Portugal’s Viana do Castelo province. From elegant embroidered cotton napkins, table mats, place settings to full sized table cloths, any fine dining table arrangements benefits from the simple elegance and warm dining ambiance created when using hand-embroidered table cloth accessories directly from Portugal.
Portugal Web is once again honored to present these fine artifacts of Portuguese artisans who have inherited centuries of needlecraft excellence that is simply among the finest that Portugal is famous for.
Portugalweb Lda has an online shop where a choice of Portuguese products can be acquired. This shop is based in the Portugal Shop trademark and operates at www.portugalshop.com. News about Portugal Web and Portugal Shop websites as well as about events related with Portugal and Portuguese products are available at Portugal Blog. This blog is based in the Portugal Blog trademark and operates at www.portugalblog.com. We welcome your visit and hope that you will enjoy it.
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