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CARTA DE HONRA
POR MARES NUNCA DANTES NAVEGADOS CASA DO PADRÃO
Saibam quantos esta carta virem  ·  Be it known to all who read this letter
Dom [Your Name] de Portugal
PORTUGUÊS
O portador é recebido, com honra plena e duradoura, na guarda honorífica da Casa do Padrão, e é lhe concedida a afetuosa tutela de uma parcela de terra em Cascais: guardar o seu nome antigo, e a memória daqueles que partiram por mares nunca dantes navegados e a ela tornaram.
ENGLISH
The bearer is received, with full and lasting honor, into the honorific guardianship of the Casa do Padrão, and is granted the affectionate stewardship of a land parcel at Cascais: to keep its ancient name, and the memory of those who set out through seas no one had sailed before, and came home to it.
Esta é a ditosa Pátria minha amada  ·  This is my beloved and fortunate homeland
Vasco da Gama
Por Portugal  ·  O Guardião
N.º CP-41860-I  ·  EMITIDO EM
Cascais, Portugal · Uma dedicatória honorífica de recordação.
CARTA DE HONRA
POR MARES NUNCA DANTES NAVEGADOS CASA DO PADRÃO
Saibam quantos esta carta virem  ·  Be it known to all who read this letter
Dona [Second Name] de Portugal
PORTUGUÊS
O portador é recebido, com honra plena e duradoura, na guarda honorífica da Casa do Padrão, e é lhe concedida a afetuosa tutela de uma parcela de terra em Cascais: guardar o seu nome antigo, e a memória daqueles que partiram por mares nunca dantes navegados e a ela tornaram.
ENGLISH
The bearer is received, with full and lasting honor, into the honorific guardianship of the Casa do Padrão, and is granted the affectionate stewardship of a land parcel at Cascais: to keep its ancient name, and the memory of those who set out through seas no one had sailed before, and came home to it.
Esta é a ditosa Pátria minha amada  ·  This is my beloved and fortunate homeland
Vasco da Gama
Por Portugal  ·  O Guardião
N.º CP-41860-II  ·  EMITIDO EM
Cascais, Portugal · Uma dedicatória honorífica de recordação.

Two certificates, one for each name. Each carries its own number.

Printed and ready to frame, or forwarded directly to the recipient as a gift. Every certificate names a souvenir plot on the coast just outside Lisbon.

For two · Dom & Dona

The Couple Pack

Dom and Dona are Portugal's old titles of honor, a little like Sir and Lady. A lovely gift for anyone who loves Portugal, or for yourself.

$119.95

Two sheets, one for each name, each with its own number.

Certificate emailed within minutes

A commemorative keepsake and an honorific. It is not a title of nobility and carries no legal standing; the plot is a dedication, not a deed. What this is

Digital delivery Certificate emailed Uniquely numbered Secure checkout

Each The Couple Pack includes:

  • Personalized souvenir plot on the coast just outside Lisbon, 1 sq ft
  • Casa do Padrão certificate, Dom [your name]
  • Its own number, printed on the certificate
  • PDF certificate emailed within minutes of purchase
  • An honorific dedication from the age of discovery

Where the land is · just outside Lisbon →

Frequently asked questions

Within minutes. Your certificate is generated as soon as payment clears and emailed as a PDF, ready to print or forward. A printed piece ships separately.
Because it is what the navigators were actually called. The style begins with Dom Henrique, third son of King João I, remembered in English as Henry the Navigator and in Portuguese simply as o Infante, the prince. He barely sailed anywhere himself. What he did was sit at the southwestern corner of Europe and keep sending ships past the point everyone agreed was the end of the world, year after year, until it turned out not to be. The men who went out under him were addressed exactly as he was: Dom Vasco, Dom Francisco. That is the style you are taking.
The blue and white tile that covers half of Portugal: church fronts, railway stations, ordinary houses. The name comes from Arabic az-zulayj, polished stone, and has nothing to do with azul. It is where the blue on your certificate comes from, and the reason this whole house is set in that color. We do not ship a tile today. If we ever do, it will be because we found a workshop worth naming, and we will say who they are.
A stone pillar carrying the arms of Portugal and a name. When a ship reached a coast no one at home had drawn, the crew set one up and left it standing. Several are still where they were planted, five hundred years later. This house is named after them, and your certificate is drawn in the same spirit: a name, set down, left standing.
An honorific: a form of address, given by us, the way a crew addressed the man who kept sending them past the edge of the map. Portugal has been a republic since 1910 and the Constitution of 1911 abolished titles of nobility, so this is not a legal title and carries no rank or standing of any kind. What it carries is your name, set in the old style, and a story worth telling.
No. The plot is symbolic, a souvenir dedication rather than a transfer of property, and no deed changes hands. The place named on the certificate says where the dedication is recorded, not what you own. You are not buying Portuguese real estate.
Then it costs you nothing. Your title and certificate are refunded in full, for any reason, for 30 days. A printed piece is refunded in full too if you tell us before we ship it; once it has shipped it carries your name and cannot be resold, though if it arrives damaged or wrong we will reprint it free or refund it.