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Lisbon\u2019s past,
\nhistory
\nand Glory<\/h1>\n

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Trindade is considered the most ancient and beautiful Portuguese brewery.
\n. Located in what was, for eight centuries, the Convent of the Holy Trinity, ruled by the Trinity Friars for the Redemption of Captives (their main mission being the rescue of Christian prisoners at the Moors’ hands).<\/h3>\n

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Trindade,
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\nand stories<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The convent was founded in the late 13th century (1294) and is in itself a symbol of resilience. In 1704, it burned down to the ground and, rebuilt, survived the Great Lisbon Earthquake (1755) to be, once again, destroyed by another fire (1756). In 1834, the extinction of the religious orders dictated its closure.<\/p>\n

After being decommissioned, it was bought the next year by Manuel Moreira Garcia, a Galician industrialist who turned the convent’s church, cloister and refectory into a beer factory, the F\u00e1brica da Cerveja da Trindade and in 1836 Cervejaria Trindade was established.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle” el_class=”seccao-normal historia”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”63″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” el_class=”rounded-corners”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Trindade
\nOld Trindade, new Trindade
\nand Modernist Trindade.<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Manuel Moreira Garcia renovated the space and made the most of the old convent’s painted tile panels (azulejos).<\/p>\n

In 1863, he commissioned Lu\u00eds Ferreira, the art director of the ceramics factory F\u00e1brica de Cer\u00e2mica Vi\u00fava Lamego, more painted tile panels, which in accordance with the owner\u2019s eccentric tastes, represented allegories of the Four Elements and the Four Seasons (missing Winter that was removed some time later to allow the reopening of an old door towards the cloister).[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle” el_class=”seccao-normal historia”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”62″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” el_class=”rounded-corners”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Trindade
\nopens to
\nthe world.<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]In 1934, the Portuguese company Central de Cervejas bought both the factory and the brewery, which had become a popular drinking spot and restaurant to Lisbon\u2019s nightlife: actors, musicians, artists, journalists but also politicians, intellectuals, writers and a very diversified and multicultural crowd, while also welcoming families, business people, university students, foreigners and locals. While celebrating its 150th anniversary, Lisbon municipality recognized Trindade as part of Lisboa Cultural Heritage. In 1997, the ancient convent that houses the Trindade building was officially declared City of Lisbon’s Cultural Heritage of outstanding historical and cultural importance. At the end of 2017, Trindade was purchased by the Portuguese company Grupo Portug\u00e1lia Restaura\u00e7\u00e3o.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”top” el_id=”timeline-title”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Timeline<\/h2>\n

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A journey that begins.
\nFoundation of one of the largest and most important convents in Lisbon – the Sant\u00edssima Trindade – by Frei Martim Anes, Frei Est\u00eav\u00e3o de Santar\u00e9m and Frei Jo\u00e3o Franco. Its monks received the name of Frades Trinos da Reden\u00e7\u00e3o dos Cativos, so designated because their vocation was to rescue prisoners from the Moors.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”item-timeline”]1325<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Queen Saint Elizabeth, consort to King Denis, inaugurates with great pomp the new building of the Convent of Sant\u00edssima Trindade, to whose construction she made great contributions.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”item-timeline”]1498<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Frei Miguel Contreiras, monk of Trindade\u2019s convent and confessor of the Queen Eleonor of Lancaster, consort of King John II, establishes with royal support the Santa Casa de Miseric\u00f3rdia de Lisboa.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”item-timeline” el_id=”dois”]1542<\/strong><\/p>\n

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On Good Friday, in a chapel of the Convento da Trindade that was later the little church of Chagas, Lu\u00eds de Cam\u00f5es sees for the first time Dona Catarina de Ata\u00edde, with whom he falls madly in love and who he sang in his poems.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”item-timeline”]1708<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Destruction of the Convent by a violent fire[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”item-timeline”]1755<\/strong><\/p>\n

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New destruction, almost entirely, by the terrible earthquake in Lisbon that hit very hard this hill of the city. The popular expression \u201cCaiu o Carmo e a Trindade\u201d (Carmo and Trindade fell) was born from this event, referring to the collapse of the two convents with that name, to describe a great tragedy.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”item-timeline”]1766<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Partial destruction of the building by another fire, shortly after the reconstruction following the earthquake, and only 13 days after reopening. Only the Church, the Refectory and the Library survived. Further reconstruction.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”item-timeline”]1834<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Extinction of Religious Orders in Portugal and demolition of part of the convent, sacrificed to the new urbanization plan for the city of Lisbon. At the end of the year, Manuel Moreira Garcia, an industrialist of Galician origin, began to install a brewery in the precarious premises there.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”item-timeline”]1836<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Lease of two plots of land and the ruins that were there by Manuel Moreira Garcia. Here he built the building where he set up the Trindade Beer Factory, taking advantage of the remaining walls of the Convent and decorating all the exterior facades with tiles from its demolition. On an adjacent lot, he built his house that still exists today.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”item-timeline”]1840<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Opening of the beer direct sales counter to the public at Cervejaria Trindade, installed in the first room of what remained of the Trinos friars’ refectory.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”item-timeline”]1854<\/strong><\/p>\n

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On 15 February, His Majesty Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, regent in the name of King Pedro V, his son, signs the Alvar\u00e1 \u201cgiving Manuel Moreira Garcia the favor of taking him as a supplier of beer to His Real Caza , with this title being able to place the Royal Arms on the frontispiece of its establishment, F\u00e1brica de Cerveja da Trindade.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”item-timeline”]1863<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Wall cladding of the former Frades Trinos refectory with tiles painted by Lu\u00eds Ferreira, the “Ferreira das Tabuletas”, with Masonic-inspired motifs. Subsequently, the establishment was extended to the next room, which Ferreira would decorate with beautiful panels of the 4 elements and the Seasons, while the painter Vale covered the ceilings and arches with heraldic motifs.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”item-timeline”]1876 \/ 1920<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Domingos Moreira Garcia succeeds his father. He and his heirs run the Trindade Beer Factory for 44 years.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”item-timeline”]1920 \/ 1932<\/strong><\/p>\n

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On the death of Domingos Garcia, the main employees of the Factory and the Brewery formed a company to operate the business with the support of the capitalist Jos\u00e9 Rovisco Pais, who would eventually become its sole owner. In 1932, with the death of Rovisco Pais, who bequeathed all his assets to charities, the Trindade Factory was put up for public auction.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”item-timeline”]1934<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A century after its foundation, the F\u00e1brica and the Cervejaria da Trindade become the property of a brewing consortium. The following year, the Factory closed its activity, and the operation of the Brewery was handed over to the Sociedade Central de Cervejas, where the former Brewery Factory was located at the time. Portug\u00e1lia.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”item-timeline”]1946 \/ 1948<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Expansion and improvement works at the Trindade Brewery. The new hall was created in the space once occupied by the convent church and later, by the brewery. The small room attached to it is built in the gallery of the old cloister. The walls of both rooms are decorated by Maria Keil with Modernist stone mosaic panels, inspired by the Lisbon pavement (Cal\u00e7ada).[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”item-timeline”]1959<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Adaptation of part of the Brewery to a typical quality restaurant, Restaurante Folclore, which operated independently until 1972.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”item-timeline”]1974<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reestablishment of the connection between the different rooms, after the closure of the Folclore Restaurant, returning the Brewery to the configuration that had been assigned to it during the major works of the 1940s.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”item-timeline”]1986<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Cervejaria Trindade celebrated 150 years of activity, the year in which the Lisbon municipality also decided to include it in the Cultural Heritage of the City.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”item-timeline”]1987<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Secretary of State for Tourism awarded Cervejaria Trindade the Medal of Tourist Merit in the Silver degree, for providing services relevant to Portuguese tourism.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”item-timeline”]1997<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Recognition of the Trindade Brewery as “Heritage of Relevant Historical-Cultural Value”, by the Dire\u00e7\u00e3o Geral de Turismo.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”item-timeline”]1998<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Cleaning and conservation of the Ferreira das Tabuletas tiles and intervention in the decoration of the two tile-covered rooms, in which an attempt was made to restore the characteristic style of the caf\u00e9s and breweries of the first half of this century, a time when Trindade decisively asserted itself in the city.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”item-timeline”]2007<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reformulation of the brand image, menu and communication of Cervejaria Trindade[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”item-timeline”]2008<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Cervejaria da Trindade returned to the ownership of the Grupo Portug\u00e1lia Restaura\u00e7\u00e3o.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”item-timeline”]2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘A Trindade’ closes for restoration and remodeling works. New interior decoration.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”item-timeline”]2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brand reformulation, it is now called just ‘Trindade’. New colors, new market positioning, new Executive Chef, one new room and new decoration.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”top” el_id=”atrio”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ el_class=”sala-gradient”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

THE ATRIUM<\/h2>\n

Today’s main access to Trindade, it\u2019s part of what remains of the old convent. It is lavishly decorated with Masonic-inspired painted tiles by artist Lu\u00eds Ferreira.<\/h3>\n

This hall displays the most interesting of the painted tile panels which reproduce Masonic symbols and allegories at Trindade. Due to its rarity and probable uniqueness, these Masonic elements inspired \u2019azulejos\u2019 are considered national Portuguese heritage:<\/h3>\n

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The Venerable<\/h4>\n

The Venerable should run his Lodge with Wisdom, represented by the Triangle containing the Eye of Knowledge and solar rays so called the All-Seeing Eye or the Radiant Delta which is a symbol of the Supreme being and his wisdom to lead.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”134″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The Secretary<\/h4>\n

The Secretary, who, according to the Masonic Regular Rite, sits at the Orient, at the Venerable’s right side, is considered the light that enlightens the Lodge; he is fifth in the Lodge\u00b4s hierarchy. His duties are to run the Lodge, read and write session minutes, keep the Lodge’s mail updated, hence being represented writing and according to Masonic Rite, on a pillar.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”138″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The Orator<\/h4>\n

The Orator, according to the Regular Rite, sits at the Orient, at the Venerable’s left side, and is fifth in the Lodge’s hierarchy. His main mission is to supervise the enforcement of the Masonic law and he is portrayed with a dove and an olive branch as peace and harmony symbols, which the Orator must always follow at the same time, ensuring Masonic law enforcement and justice hence the rod he holds in his left hand.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”137″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The First Vigilante<\/h4>\n

The First Vigilante is second in the Lodge hierarchy, right after the Venerable, according to the Regular Rite. The Sun represents Strength and is frequently portrayed as Achilles.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”136″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The Second Vigilante<\/h4>\n

The Second Vigilante is third in the Lodge\u2019s hierarchy. He supervises the training of the Apprentices and tutors them. The Moon symbolizes Beauty and represents the Apprentice Pillar, an old Masonic legend.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”top” el_id=”refeitorio”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ el_class=”sala-cinzenta”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

THE REFECTORY<\/h2>\n

The old convent refectory became The Trindade Beer Factory. In 1836, since The Atrium was too small to house all the customers, it was extended to this room. Its walls are decorated with beautiful Portuguese painted tiles. The ceiling was painted by Vale with geometric motives in dark colors, but unfortunately was lost in further refurbishments.<\/h3>\n

The Four Seasons’ painted tile panels in the Refectory Hall illustrate its relation to the Masonic celebration of solstices and equinoxes. Currently there are only three seasons on display since the panel representing Winter was dismantled in the late 19th century to allow for the reopening of a hidden door connecting the Refectory to the Cloister.<\/h3>\n

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Spring<\/h4>\n

The Spring Equinox, around 21st March, was the beginning of the new Masonic year. First entries in many Masonic session’s minutes books from the 19th century are made on the Spring Equinox Day.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”143″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Summer<\/h4>\n

The Summer Solstice – around 21st June \u2013 is celebrated by the Freemasons’ patron, on St John the Baptist Day, 24th June.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”142″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Autumn<\/h4>\n

The Autumn Equinox (around 22nd September) was an annual Masonic milestone marking the beginning of the year’s second semester.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”141″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Earth, Wind (Air), Fire and Water<\/h4>\n

The Four Element panels displayed in the north wall of Trindade’s Refectory Hall have been revered by many civilizations and religions and are also related to Masonic rituals in different occasions, namely in the initiation’s 1st level and also the 12th and 29th according to the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. The Masonic meaning of the Four Elements concerns the Four Ages of Life: Earth being the first Age, of Birth and Childhood; the second, the Age of Air (Wind), of Youth and its tumultuous passions; the third, the Age of Water, Adulthood enduring fewer obstacles and the Age of Fire, of Maturity when knowledge and experience are reached.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”140″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Trade and Industry<\/h4>\n

The Industry and Trade allegories in the east wall of Trindade’s Refectory Hall express the importance accorded to them in the development of the country and society in both the Liberal and Republican’s political manifestos during the 19th and early 20th centuries.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle” el_id=”claustro”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ el_class=”sala-gradient”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

THE CLOISTER<\/h2>\n

The old cloister was built around 1756. The garden\u2019s patio, the arches and the old fa\u00e7ades are still visible. The grandeur of Trindade’s cloister gives us an idea of the grandiosity of what was once one of the biggest and most important of Lisbon’s convents. The columns and arches stonework are plain, but wide and elegant \u2013 it reminds us of the Convent\u2019s wealth during the 18th century. It is through the dimensions of this Cloister, and also the dimensions of the Sala do Refeit\u00f3rio, that we can still feel today the scale of the building that housed one of the largest and most important Convents in Lisbon. The columns and arches stonework are plain, but wide and elegant \u2013 it reminds us of the Convent\u2019s wealth during the 18th century.<\/h3>\n

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MARIA KEIL\u2019S ROOM<\/h2>\n

First the former convent\u2019s church and, for approx. seventy years (between 1866 and 1935), the Trindade Brewery Factory. When the brewery closed, this room was empty for more than a decade. In 1946, thanks to post-war increase in demand, construction work was done and this room reopened. The renowned artist Maria Keil (hence its name) was invited to redecorate the new space. Maria was born in the South of Portugal, studied fine arts and later married the prominent architect Francisco Keil do Amaral. Her unique panels, inspired by the Portuguese stone pavement style (\u2019cal\u00e7ada portuguesa\u2019) and ancient Roman temples, are part of the Portuguese Modernist movement\u2019s history. Between 1959 and 1972, the Maria Keil\u2019s room was split from Cervejaria Trindade and was for that period an independent restaurant named Folclore, more focused on tourism and Popular Portuguese Art. In 1973, Folclore closed and Maria Keil\u2019s room was once again reintegrated in Cervejaria Trindade.<\/h3>\n

Her unique panels, inspired by the Portuguese stone pavement style (\u2019cal\u00e7ada portuguesa\u2019) and ancient Roman temples, are part of the Portuguese Modernist movement\u2019s history.<\/h3>\n

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THE ARCHES<\/h2>\n

In this room the old north gallery of the original Cloister, reconstructed after Lisbon\u2019s major Earthquake, is still visible. This was an extensive reconstruction, nearly total. From the original Convent building, inaugurated 430 years prior by Queen Saint Elizabeth, little was left. Popular tradition marked this event with the idiomatic expression cai o Carmo e a Trindade (Trindade and Carmo [convent] fall) \u2013 when something terrible happens.<\/h3>\n

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