Food and wine

History on a plate: where Porto-style tripe and port wine come from, and why food and wine sometimes ended in a riot.

4 stories3 stories

Hidden stories: 1.

Avis and the Discoveries1 story

Pombal and the Earthquake3 stories2 stories

  • Blue-and-white azulejo-style illustration: a crowd fills a narrow street in Porto, protesting with raised arms.

    23 February 1757 · Porto

    Death to the Company!

    • Documented
    • Minimum age: 12+ (Has scenes of battle or violence.)
    • Heavy topic

    Porto rose against the king's minister, shouting 'Long live the king!'

  • Blue-and-white azulejo-style illustration: under the arcades by the Tagus, a man unloads straw-wrapped blocks of ice from a donkey while café guests taste ices.

    1778 or 1782 · Lisbon

    The House of Snow

    • Documented

    Lisbon's oldest café was opened by the king's own ice-master.