what is the bird on your logo all about?

It turns out that the bird is a swallow (andorinha in Portuguese) and it all started with one of the most well-known artists that Portugal has had, Rafael Bordallo Pinheiro. Bordallo Pinheiro in 1891 decided to produce a set of ceramic pieces that looked like swallows. The pieces quickly integrated into Portuguese homes and became a symbol for a Portuguese house, something that still lives on today.

Why it had such a massive success no one knows, but the reason may have to do with - love!

The swallow is a migratory bird that always returns to the same place to nest, year after year. It is said to happen because a swallow only has one partner throughout its life. So it is no wonder that the swallow is associated with values like Home, Family, Love, Fidelity and Loyalty which resulted in the exchange of these ceramic figures between lovers. And the rest, as they say, is history…

…AND HERE IS OUR HISTORY

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