Banquet

Departure by Bus to the Social Event at 19H00: Conference Banquet at Pateo Alfacinha.

Visit to Pateo Alfacinha. Portuguese Folklore. Pateos remind us of a particular moment in Lisbon's history.From about the 1860's to the 1880's, working people flooded into the capital looking for a better life. They built a new sort of town, squeezing many families into small areas, with as much privacy as possible, and with a country flavour which Lisbon has never lost; with small gardens, simple houses, attic roofs, secret yards and sunny taverns. Stranger's eyes can't penetrate the gates and passages between the buildings to the intimate life  within.Colourful ceramics, iron balconies, bridgings staircases blend harmoniously.These Lisbon Pateos are being swallowed up in reinforced concrete, and PATEO ALFACINHA has restored one of them in mid-city with a breath of village life and community, with its many rooms and floors linked together with the wisdom and charm of the original, and ironwork and tiles from old buildings.

Some photos from previous events in Pateo Alfacinha (note: this page may take a while to load):