IAC – International Academy of Ceramics
The 2024 edition of the Congress of the International Academy of Ceramics (AIC) will be held in Caldas da Rainha and Alcobaça, announced today the Portuguese Association of Ceramic Cities and Villages (AptCVC). The congress, initially scheduled to be held in South Korea, “now has a new host: Portugal”, announced AptCVC, adding that the event […]
International Meeting of Creative Cities of Castelo Branco – Conference
As part of the preparation of the city to the Unesco Network in the area of Crafts and Popular Arts, the International Meeting of Creative Cities of Castelo Branco took place from 12 to 15 April 2023 at the Contemporary Culture Center of Castelo Branco. The presentation of Caldas da Rainha Creative City, was held […]
The documentary series “Raízes”, from the Casa e Cozinha channel, came to Caldas da Rainha through the hands of chef Vítor Adão
The documentary invited local producers and artisans to join the chef on this surprising journey through the flavours, culture, landscapes and traditions of the municipality. António Pereira, a fisherman, took chef Vítor Adão to Óbidos Lagoon to catch the main ingredients for lunch and shared the gastronomic traditions that inspired the chef to reinvent the […]
TAME THE FIRE | Cutlery, Ceramics and Gastronomy
Through CENTRA Association – Arts Center Friends and integrated in the UNESCO Program: Caldas da Rainha, Creative City, it was proposed to create an event capable of bringing together two of the most important sectors and tradition of the Municipality: ceramics and cutlery. To these two doings, good gastronomy was added. Three elements united under […]
European Heritage Days 2022
Sustainable Heritage, theme of the European Heritage Days 2022, was the motto for a visit to the thermal waters of Caldas, guided by Professor José Martins de Carvalho (Technical Director of the Thermal Hospital) and Miguel Reis Silva (Coordinator of Aspiring Geopark West)followed by a conversation dedicated to “Water, Essential Heritage”, also with the participation […]
FIADA – National Fair of Crafts and Design of Covilhã
From 8 to 11 September, Caldas da Rainha Municipality participated in the first edition of FIADA – National Fair of Crafts and Design of Covilhã, under the program of the Creative City of Unesco for Design, with a stand allusive to Crafts and Popular Arts. At the stand were on display five ceramic pieces by […]
UNESCO Creative Cities Network World Meeting – Santos, Brazil
As part of the membership of the Caldas da Rainha to the Network of Creative Cities of UNESCO, of which it has been part since November 2019, the Municipality of Caldas da Rainha received, as all about 300 cities from around the world that integrate there, the invitation to participate in the Annual Conference of […]
CERAMICS MARKET EXHIBITION
The first edition of the Ceramic Market Exhibition took place in Park D. Carlos I, on 17, 18 and 19 June 2022, where more than three dozen Chaldean ceramists were present. Access to the event was free and, in addition to Ceramics, it counted a lot of animation and street food stalls. Throughout the three […]
The Ceramists Itinerary
On February 23, 2022, was presented at Caldas da Rainha Municipal Library, a itinerary book of ceramists in Caldas da Rainha, Creative City of UNESCO, Crafts and Popular Arts, with texts by Isabel Castanheira and photographs of Carlos Barroso. A book long awaited by the dissemination and prominence of the Chaldean artists who model clay […]
UNESCO CREATIVE CITY | 2021
The public activity of Unesco Creative City was residual, in the first months of 2021, however, there was a need to fulfill some obligations as members of the Unesco Creative Cities Network, namely participation in conferences (zoom)in the most diverse areas, but particularly in sustainability. At the request of the UCCN Secretariat, the evaluation of […]