Casa do Ferreira das Tabuletas

On the short Rua Trindade, leading from Largo do Carmo to the Trinidad Theater, there is one of the cultural heritage sites of Lisbon, a house with a facade of tiled panels. Previously, this territory belonged to a monastery (Convento da Trindade), destroyed by the Great Earthquake of 1755. The house was built in 1864 by Galician emigrant Manuel Moreira Garcia, owner of the Trindade brewery. The tiles for the facade cladding were commissioned by the Viúva Lamego ceramic factory and designed by its director Luis Ferreira, so the house became famous under his name. The panels depict six allegorical figures: Land, Water, Trade, Industry, Science and Agriculture, the pediment is decorated with the Masonic symbol of the all-seeing eye. The artist Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro (1846-1905), known for illustrations for many books, lived and died in this building, and he is also considered the ancestor of Portuguese political and social caricature. Pinheiro is the creator of the satirical character Zé Povinho, who has become a humorous personification of the Portuguese people. The square in front of the house is named after the artist.

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