| Sapataria do Carmo opened in 1904 in the Lisbon square that gave it its name with only one purpose: to provide high-end Portuguese footwear manufactured by the hands of master shoemakers. Paulo da Cruz turned this small store into an icon in the heart of Lisbon, and his family continued this project for three decades.
In 2012, four entrepreneurs of the same family found this store and ended up embracing this house – it all began with one note. "We are interested," they wrote in the note they slipped under the door of Sapataria do Carmo, which was already showing signs of abandonment at the time. | 
