{"id":8701,"date":"2021-03-14T18:07:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T18:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/?p=8701"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:23:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:23:20","slug":"logo-real-companhia-velha-parte-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/en\/logo-real-companhia-velha-parte-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Logo Real Companhia Velha \u2013 2nd Part"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Saint Martha<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">As previously analysed, the Real Companhia Velha\u2019s logo encompasses different components, namely: in the centre, the royal arms; on the left, the dragon; on the right side the figure of Santa Marta and at the bottom area the sentence  \u201c<em>Providencia Regitur\u201d<\/em>. If you want to check the explanation presented previously regarding royal arms,  <a href=\"https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/en\/logo-real-companhia-velha-parte-1\/\" target=\"_self\">click here<\/a>.  We will now unveil the symbolism and meaning of the Santa Marta\u2019s figure, which has a prominent role in this wine region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>in 1756, the founding year of the Companhia Geral da Agricultura das Vinhas do Alto Douro, the Saint Martha was proclaimed the patron saint of the Douro Demarcated Region. A biblical character, sister of Mary Magdalen and Lazarus, Saint Martha is the symbol of hard work, which partly explains the choice of this figure. However, her relationship with the Alto Douro region and with wine is much closer and has a legendary origin. According to legend, in the Middle Ages, a French nobleman invaded that territory and destroyed the chapel erected in her honour; it is said that the saint appeared before the aggressor and ordered him to plant a vine and care for it. Repenting of his actions, the Count fulfilled his harsh sentence and was overjoyed when the time came for the harvest, for until then he had never produced anything useful in his life. He offered Saint Martha the grapes, the fruits of his labour, and thus obtained the desired forgiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8702\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-3.jpeg 709w, https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-3-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-3-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-3-12x12.jpeg 12w, https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-3-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-3-350x350.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-3-650x650.jpeg 650w, https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-3-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-3-415x415.jpeg 415w, https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-3-250x250.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-3-600x600.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Graphic representation of the Santa Marta\u2019s figure presented in the seventh area at the Museum of the Oldest Appellation in the World.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santa Marta Conforme analisado anteriormente o logo da Real Companhia Velha abarca diversas componentes, nomeadamente: ao centro, as armas reais; \u00e0 esquerda, o drag\u00e3o; do&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sem-categoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8701"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10245,"href":"https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8701\/revisions\/10245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museurealcompanhiavelha.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}