He knew that 400 years ago the ice arrived at the Portuguese court, daily from the Serra da Estrela loaded by donkeys, horses and oxen cars to Constância, where he was boarded in the Tagus to the pier of the columns. The story will be evoked by the Escape Free Club, an all-terrain ride, which only does not dispense with the boat, and in which the new Jeep Compass will be used, which is debut in Portugal.
At that time, Philip II reigned, between 450 and 600 pounds of ice they traveled every day to the capital, after the snow was stored in wells, where the sun did not beat.
He was then cut into Covão da Ametade, next to the Serra da Estrela pitchers in Manteigas, and the trip, regulated by a leonine contract, was started so that fresh water was not lacking in his real abuse. And it was already linking to the snow for the first ice cream…
Last curiosity, the ice went to a warehouse, known by Martinho das Neves, where the famous Martinho da Arcade would be installed. And it was at Fernando Pessoa’s election cafe that they could have snow or enjoy ice cream, as Eça recalls in “Primo Basil”.
The recovery of the trip, already held in 2021 in an idea fueled by Professor Carvalho Rodrigues, happens between the 18th and 20th of this month and will clarify the doubts about how the ice had arrived in Lisbon 400 years ago.
The route, which will be traveled by more than three dozen all-terrain vehicles, is approximately the original and will connect Manteigas to Lisbon, with a trip in Canoas do Tagus, between Alcochete and the capital.
Jeep brings its new Compass to Portugal expressly for the initiative of which it is sponsor and which has the collaboration of the intermunicipal community Beiras and Serra da Estrela, Tagus Navy and Alcochete and Lisbon cameras.
