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Loja Oficina (A Oficina)

Centro Histórico · Portugal

Guimarães embroidery and cantarinha ceramics

What you’ll find

What Loja Oficina (A Oficina) is known for

Run by the A Oficina cultural cooperative founded in 1989, this shop gathers the handwork of Guimarães artisans, from the ceramic Cantarinha dos Namorados to hand-stitched Bordado de Guimarães. Alongside the crafts it carries the cooperative's own art and heritage publications, including a monograph on the town's embroidery.