The international congress Festas Barrocas entre o Sagrado e o Profano: A Europa e o Atlântico [Baroque Festivals between the sacred and the profane: Europe and the Atlantic] takes place on October 17th, 18th and 19th at the Palácio Correio-Mor.

This conference will address the cross-disciplinary and plural studies on Baroque festivals in its several dimensions. The performative process of the festivals show codes and rituals that structure baptisms, royal weddings, embassies, royal entries, canonizations, beatifications and other solemnities within the civil and religious frames.

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