{"id":8415,"date":"2025-12-18T15:53:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T15:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/?post_type=museum&#038;p=8415"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:58:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:58:05","slug":"alvara-regio","status":"publish","type":"museum","link":"https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/en\/museum\/alvara-regio\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal charter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ad9a6d\">Object of the Month \u2013 September, 2019<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8417\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-8.png 886w, https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-8-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-8-768x307.png 768w, https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-8-18x7.png 18w, https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-8-415x166.png 415w, https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-8-650x260.png 650w, https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-8-250x100.png 250w, https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-8-600x240.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Every month the Museum of the Oldest Appellation in the World highlights one of the many objects that are part of the collection shown in our permanent exhibition. Come and discover the object of the month and find out more about our history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI the King, do make it know that the principal farmers of the upper Douro and the good men of the city of Porto therein mentioned, did and gave orders to, with my royal consent form a Company which whilst competently sustaining the cultivation of the Upper Douro vineyards, should at the same time preserve their output in their natural purity, for the benefit of domestic and foreign trade\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Real Companhia Velha was founded on the 10th of September 1756 by Royal Charter of King D. Jos\u00e9 I, under the auspices of his Prime Minister, Sebasti\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 de Carvalho e Melo, the Count of Oeiras and Marquis of Pombal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, and being this the month of Real Companhia Velha\u2019s 263\u00ba anniversary, this piece marks the start of its historic journey, has the document that founded the Company. This object takes place in the third section of the exhibition, which presents Real Companhia Velha as a privileged charter company, with all its prerogatives and privileges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9649a0d9 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<p><strong>Materials<br><\/strong>Paper and leather<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date<\/strong><br>10 September 1756<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Collection<\/strong><br>Real Companhia Velha<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dimensions<\/strong><br>Width: 1,7 cm Height: 35,2 cm Length: 23 cm<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pe\u00e7a do m\u00eas &#8211; setembro, 2019 Todos os meses, o Museu da 1\u00aa Demarca\u00e7\u00e3o destaca uma das pe\u00e7as da exposi\u00e7\u00e3o permanente. 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