Uma das características da Lisboa do início da Idade Moderna era ser a pátria comum de muitas nações. No presente texto vamos analisar os sinais da presença na capital portuguesa de uma dessas nações, a Flamenga / Holandesa, que entre os séculos XV e XVIII, além das suas importantes contribuições para a tecnologia civil e militar e para cultura, teve um papel activo no comércio de Portugal para o Norte da Europa, não só de produtos do Espaço Ultramarino (numa fase inicial, no açúcar, malagueta, pastel; e depois no pau-brasil, tabaco e pedras preciosas), como também de matérias mais tradicionais, como o Vinho e o Sal. Foi uma comunidade que apesar dos períodos de contingência diplomática e militar, manteve uma presença contínua em Lisboa com maior incidência no século XVII (depois do fecho da feitoria portuguesa de Antuérpia e das guerras religiosas), destacando-se quer pela sua riqueza, assinalada por importantes palácios citadinos e quintas nobres nos arredores, a exploração directa das marinhas de sal, a sua organização social em torno da confraria dos Flamengos, pela ligação da 2.ª geração a famílias locais mais ricas e pela integração nos padrões sociais da época.Lisbon city was the common homeland of many nations in the Early Modern period. This paper studies the signs of the Flemish / Dutch presence in the Portuguese capital, between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, a presence with important contributions to Portuguese civil and military technology, cultural life and specially with an active role in the Trade between Portugal and northern Europe of Overseas products (initially sugar, chilli, pastel, and afterwards «Pau-Brasil», tobacco and diamonds), as well as more traditional products, such as wine and salt. It was a community that despite the periods of diplomatic and military contingency in the sixteenth and seventeenth century (after the closure of the Portuguese factory in Antwerp and the religious wars), maintained a continuous presence in Lisbon, becoming noticed either by their wealth, marked by important urban noble houses and countryside manor houses in the outskirts, the direct exploitation of marine salt, their social organization around Lisbon’s Flemish fraternity and the 2nd generation connection with some of the wealthiest local families thus replicating the Portuguese social patterns.Lisbon city was the common homeland of many nations in the Early Modern period. This paper studies the signs of the Flemish / Dutch presence in the Portuguese capital, between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, a presence with important contributions to Portuguese civil and military technology, cultural life and specially with an active role in the Trade between Portugal and northern Europe of Overseas products (initially sugar, chilli, pastel, and afterwards «Pau-Brasil», tobacco and diamonds), as well as more traditional products, such as wine and salt. It was a community that despite the periods of diplomatic and military contingency in the sixteenth and seventeenth century (after the closure of the Portuguese factory in Antwerp and the religious wars), maintained a continuous presence in Lisbon, becoming noticed either by their wealth, marked by important urban noble houses and countryside manor houses in the outskirts, the direct exploitation of marine salt, their social organization around Lisbon’s Flemish fraternity and the 2nd generation connection with some of the wealthiest local families thus replicating the Portuguese social patterns.