At all latitudes, more or less proficient musicians give off melodies and sounds from musical instruments which, besides bringing beauty and joy to our lives, are an identifier of peoples and regions.

Throughout time, woodwind, string and percussion instruments have accompanied songs and dances, summoned to banish tiredness after long periods of work or to celebrate festivities of secular or religious inspiration. (read more)

published July 1st, 2014

His debut with the red sweater was on May 23rd, 1961, still in the reserves, against Atlético CP. Shortly after, on June 1st, he debuted in the first team, in a match for the Cup of Portugal, against Vitória de Setúbal. That same year he played his first match for the national team, on October 8th, against the team from Luxembourg. Eusébio spent fifteen seasons with Benfica, between 1960/61 and 1974/75, where he played 614 matches and scored 638 goals, being the highest scorer in the club. He was a Portuguese international player for over a decade, playing 64 games and scoring 41 goals, and helped the national team achieve third place in the World Championship in 1966, being the top scorer of the championship. (read more)

published June 3rd, 2014

The 3rd May 2014 marks the commemoration of the five hundredth anniversary of the birth of Blessed Friar Bartolomeu dos Mártires, Archbishop of Braga, and one of the prominent personalities of the sixteenth century. He was born in 1514 in the parish of Mártires in Lisbon, patronym which he adopted, and at the age of fifteen he entered the Order of Preachers, professing the Dominican religious life in the São Domingos Convent of Lisbon in 1529. (read more)

published May 22nd, 2014

published April 7th, 2014