DID YOU KNOW?

HOBBY

Welcome to the advent calendar of ULisboa!

In this month of December, we celebrate joy, the University and family! We have stories, curiosities, and surprises for everyone. Stay tuned.
we have a surprise for whoever gives the right answer:

When was the Rectory building of ULisboa inaugurated?

Search for clues at our Facebook and send us your answer. If yours is the 15th right answer, we have a special gift for you.

Universidade de Lisboa Choir

Founded on July 14th, 1961, it gave its first performance at the inauguration of the new Rectory Building of ULisboa in December of the same year. Conducted by Eduardo Martins, it has performed several shows and presentations on almost every major Portuguese stages.

DO IT YOURSELF

CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS

Make your Christmas decoration and send us the video (between 1:30 and 2:00) by December 9^th to comunicacao@ulisboa.pt.
The most creative and sustainable decoration will have a gift in its Christmas stocking. The result will be published on December 14^th on our social media.

DID YOU NOW...

There's a rooster in the house!

There's a rooster in the Rectory building. If you tell us where it is, Santa will come down your chimney.

Look for a clue on our Social Media. If you're the 17th person to guess it correctly (Form), Santa Claus will have a special gift for you.
We'll give you a hint: it's not the Barcelos Rooster.

ESTÁDIO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA

CHRISTMAS AT EUL'S SWIMMING POOLS

Why is swimming at EUL so much fun at Christmas?

Children explain.

HOBBY

Daciano da Costa

Besides furniture, what else can we find at the Rectory by Daciano da Costa?

Look for a clue in our Social Media and if you are the 23rd person to guess it correctly, Santa Claus will have a special gift for you.

DID YOU KNOW...

Children's Choir of Universidade de Lisboa

The existence of a Children's Choir connected to the University (CIUL) is an unprecedented event in Portugal.

CIUL made its first public performance in June 2005 at the Aula Magna of the Rectory of the University of Lisbon, since then, under the direction of conductor Erica Mandillo, it has performed more than 30 concerts throughout the country.

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HOBBY

Christmas Decorations

Make your Christmas decoration and send us the video by the 16th to comunicacao@ulisboa.pt

The most creative and sustainable declaration will get a gift in their stocking.
The result will be published on December 20thon our social media

Música

Christmas is for children

See how our Kindergarten children celebrate Christmas.

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HOBBY

What was the Oval Office of the Rectory of ULisboa originally called?

Look for a clue on our Social Media. If you are the 12th person to guess it correctly, Santa Claus will have a special gift for you.

PARTICIPATE RULES

TRADITIONS

Christmas in Cape Verde

And if you're going to spend Christmas in Cape Verde, do you know what you'll find on the Christmas Eve table?

Mrs. Céu Gomes tells you and even explains how to do it.

Hobby

To the Light

Where can we find the inscription "Universitas Olisiponensis e Ad Lucem" (To the Light) in the Rectory?

Look for a clue on our Social Media. If you are the 5th person to guess it correctly (Form), Santa Claus will have a special gift for you.

DRAMA

TUT

The Academic Theatre Group of ULisboa was founded in October 1981 by Prof. Jorge Listopad, invited by Prof. Eduardo Arantes e Oliveira, and is currently directed by Júlio Martín da Fonseca.

It provides, through theatre, a space for training and personal, cultural, and artistic development, complementary to the teaching of sciences and techniques, thus assuming a particular importance in university training and integration of elements from different schools in the same identity.

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HOBBY

CHRISTMAS MESSAGE

Create your Christmas message in video or photo

send it to us at comunicacao@ulisboa.pt until the 21st fo december. The most creative video will get a special gift in their stocking.
The result will be published on December 23rd on our social media.

SCIENCE

CHRISTMAS FLOWER

We all know the Christmas flower, but few know its history. César Gracia from our National Museum of Natural History and Science tells us all about it.

This is a native plant from Mexico and Guatemala, of the size of a shrub or a small tree, generally occurring in areas with seasonally dry tropical forest on slopes exposed to the Pacific Ocean. Native populations are quite fragmented due to deforestation, although the species has no conservation status (currently). They were ancestrally cultivated by indigenous peoples, notably the Aztecs who used them for dyeing and as a fever remedy.

The name poinsettia derives from the name of the first U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Joel Roberts Poinsett, who brought it to the USA in the 19th century. Today they represent one of the most economically important (though slightly toxic) plant species due to their huge sales worldwide during festive seasons.

The association of this plant with Christmas is due to some tales and to Franciscan friars in Mexico, who included this species in their Christmas celebrations in the 16th and 17th centuries. The star-shaped leaf symbolizes the Star of Bethlehem and the red represents the blood in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

The flowers are yellow and discrete and are surrounded by large red bracts (modified leaves), almost always mistaken for flowers. It is thus a plant with many yellow flowers and beautiful red bracts. By modifying the photoperiod, in different varieties, these bracts can have various colours, like pink, white and even orange, or blue or purple by using artificial colouring.

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TEATRO

GTFUL

Under the Christmas theme, this Theater Group interprets the poems "When a Man Wants" by José Ary dos Santos, and "It Rains. It's Christmas Day" by Fernando Pessoa.

The Lisbon University Staff Theatre Group is a community theatre group composed of technicians, teachers, and researchers from ULisboa.

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DID YOU KNOW?

D. DINIS

In the Rectory, where can we find the representation of D. Dinis, founder of Lisbon General Study?

Look for a clue in our Social Media. If you are the 27th person to get it right (Form), Santa Claus will have a special gift for you.

MUSIC

Academic Orchestra of ULisboa

Since 2014, the OAUL, promotes and shares music and culture, creating a social space within the academic community of the Universidade de Lisboa.

OAUL allows to disseminated our renowned university further and improve the skills of its members in areas that are different from theirs professional activities. Today the orchestra has about 100 musicians who rehearse weekly and are conducted by Maestro Tiago Oliveira.

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DID YOU KNOW?

SOLIDARITY

What is the name of the solidarity project of ULisboa and its Schools?

1. 18 Schools help a lot
2. 18 Schools, 18 Solidarities
3. 18 Schools, More than 18 Solidarities

Look for a clue on our website. If you are the 19th person to guess it correctly, Santa Claus will have a special gift for you.

TRADITIONS

CHISTMAS IN BRAZIL

We already know how the Christmas Eve is celebrated in Cape Verde, now let's travel to Brazil.

"Hello, my name is Thais, I'm from Ceará and I'm doing a master's degree in Portuguese Literature at the Faculty of Letters of ULisboa.
Today I'm going to tell you a little bit about how my family celebrates Christmas.

In general, we gather at my godmother's or father's house, friends and family. There are always lots of games (most of them invented and/or adapted by my godmother), music and plenty of food. We tend to arrive very early, usually in the afternoon, to enjoy the company of the family even more. Supper is only served around eight at night, but it starts to be made the day before by my grandmother, my godmother and me. We always have turkey, rice with raisins, lots of passion fruit juice, sausage (which is a mayonnaise salad), farofa and for dessert passion fruit mousse and delicious pineapple.

Happy Holidays,
Thais Frota"

ULISBOA WISHES EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS

Today is the last day of our Advent Calendar! We hope that this countdown has been full of surprises and that it allowed you to learn a more about our Home.

WE WISH YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS, FULL OF PEACE, JOY, AND HEALTH.