Luz da liberal, e nobre arte da cavallaria : offerecida ao Senhor D. Jo찾o, principe do Brazil : Andrade, Manoel Carlos de : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

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This is a link to the book Luz da liberal e nobre arte da cavallaria.. by Manoel Carlos de Andrade. This is the copy of the original version of this book. The book has been reprinted in its original language, Portuguese, about 2 or 3 years ago , but it's already out of print. In our latin countries we are very slow to see our own treasures. The book, to my knowledge, has been translated to German recently.
With my best wishes to all in this Christmas and Holidays!!

Programas - Escola Portuguesa de Arte Equestre - Tribuna Lusitana - A Arte da Cavalaria

http://www.tribunalusitana.com/programas/escola-portuguesa-de-arte-equestre
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This an interview with Dr. Filipe Graciosa, Director of the Escola Portuguesa de Arte Ecuestre. It is conducted in Portuguese with English Subtitles. They talk about the 4 school proyect, the school's origins. It's very interesting. I personally always enjoy master horseman talking.

30 years anniversary Escola Portuguesa de Arte Equestre - Lisbon

This year the sister institute for classical dressage of the SRS, the Escola Portuguesa de Arte Equestre exists 30 years.

Once founded in the 2nd half of the 18th century as "Picaria Real" of the Portuguese royal court, and located in the magnificent baroque riding hall of Belem (Lisbon), the Picadeiro Real de Belém (nowadays the Coach Museum). Founded by King Joao V, who was married to a daughter of.... Austrian Emperor Karl VI (yes, the same one whose painting is always saluted by Andreas c.s. in Vienna)

As so many comparable institutions, the royal ridingschool disappeared in later, revolutionary times. But was refounded in 1979 by Dr. Guilherme Borba and the present director, Dr. Felipe Figueiredo, Marquis de Graciosa (a.k.a. Felipe Graciosa). Both were students of the famous Portuguese ridingmaster Nuno Oliveira.

Of course there are some relations with Vienna: in the beginning 80-ies Dr.Guilherme Borba, Dr. Felipe Graciosa, and Joao Pedro Rodrigues (present 1st Oberbereiter) stayed in the Spanish Ridingschool for some time, and were trained by Mr. Kottas and Riegler.
In November 2007 both institutions met in Paris, in a combined program, also with Saumur and Jerez (Les Quatre Ecoles)

The Portuguese ridingschool is exclusively using brown stallions of the former royal stud at Alter, "Alter Real" (founded 1748). This stud and his breeding material has a comparable breeding history as the Lipizzaner!   At this moment the school has more than 60 stallions in training, with 17 riders. The stables and (only outdoor!) training arena is located in the palace garden of the baroque Queluz-palace, the Portuguese version of Schönbrunn (only in pink...)

In the summer season, every Thursday morning a show is offered in the palace gardens. The schedule of the show program is comparable with the performance of the SRS.

A great wish of the institution (and Felipe Graciosa personally) is the use the baroque riding hall of Belem again. There are far going plans to realize this !

Recently a very nice video appeared on You Tube, which offers a good impression! Beside this, a very nice new picture gallery can be found on www.dressageportugal.pt 

The official website of the school can be found here: EPAE

The website of the Alter stud is:  AR

A very nice picture gallery of the stud can be found here: dressageportugal.pt