V Feira de Inspiração Renascentista anima Vila Viçosa de 5 a 7 de junho

In the Alentejo town of Vila Viçosa, where Renaissance architecture still stands in the stones of a ducal palace, the fifth edition of the Renaissance Fair unfolded across three days in early June, inviting visitors not merely to observe history but to inhabit it. Jousting tournaments, fire spectacles, and the flavors of regional cooking conspired to dissolve the distance between the sixteenth century and the present. What began as a local cultural initiative has grown into a statement about how a small community chooses to remember itself — and how memory, when tended with craft and pride, be