The flavours of CabeceirasThe memory of a knowledge
Cavacas and roschilos, by the hands of those who know
Nazaré Oliveira showed how she made her sweets at a local history meeting.
Cavez · tasting in 2013
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- Make a little record of the meeting: who showed, in what place, what year and what sweets he presented.
- Prepare three questions I would like to ask you about learning this craft without inventing the answers.
- Write a legend describing the 2013 demonstration without presenting it as available workshop today.
Proposal on paper or on screen, from reading and its sources. It does not require visit, collection of objects or confirmation of current conditions.
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Crafts and memoriesBefore, during and after the way
# To Rome with the punches in his hand #
Wearing shoes wasn't always wearing them.
Cavez · Rome account published in 1886
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- Draws three boxes: manufacture, transport and wear.
- It links the history of the pilgrimage to the box that describes the observed gesture.
- Follow the tool reading and add a material or operation to the manufacturing box.
Activity from sources and readings; does not require displacement or manipulation of historical pieces.
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Time travelComparing arc shapes
Five arches, more than a while
An old bridge didn't stop in history.
History of Ponte de Cavez
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- Draw an arc pointed and another semicircular, from the descriptions.
- Associate the three central openings and the two sides to the forms indicated in the text.
- Note the partial photograph: Mark only the visible arches without completing the frame as if you were seeing them all.
Reading and drawing exercises; schemes do not reproduce the dimensions of the bridge.
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Crafts and memoriesCompare sizes
The light fit into a small piece
The lamps tell another story about the house.
Cavez and Basto · material culture
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- Trace three segments on paper using the same scale: 46, 17 and 27.
- Associate the first two to Cavez and the third to Devesa.
- Note that the height does not in itself inform how much light each piece produced.
Works with drawing and measurements, without lighting or experimenting with old objects.
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Between rivers and mountainsCompares three ways to use water
A river that moved but did not water
The water nearby was not always accessible water.
Cavez · landscape described in 1758
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- It makes three columns: Cavez, Bucos and Alvite.
- After reading the related stories, note where water, mills or water retention appear.
- Emphasize a difference and write the explanation given by the document. Do not make it a description of the present.
It works with the accounts of 1758; the result is a historical comparison.
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The flavours of CabeceirasFrom the slope to the notebook
The vineyard climbs the hillside
Before the wine reaches the table, there is a landscape to discover.
Moimenta, Cavez · landscape of the vineyard
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- Draws a slope and represents the terraces as terraces.
- He adds two questions: how is the land organized and what work is done there?
- If you look at a real landscape, record only what you can see from an accessible place; you do not assign caste by the distant appearance of the vineyard.
Landscape reading exercise, no entry into properties.
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Time travelDraws the relations of a parish
Eight places and six chapels
In Cavez, an ancient list draws relations between villages, residents and monasteries.
Cavez · settlement and devotion in 1758
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- Write the six names of the chapels and the place that accompanies each.
- Group them by responsibility: religious institutions, a particular patron saint or residents.
- Compared to Alvite and Rio Douro. He points out similarities without assuming that all places were organized in the same way.
A relationship scheme from 1758, without representing distances, current property or access to buildings.
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The life you don't always seeDraw pattern, explain limit
A fish with a net of scales
On the northern scale, the dark margins of the scales draw a pattern.
Cavez · 2016–2017 registration and general biology
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- Draws an elongated outline for the fish.
- Inside, it represents scales with dark margins, creating a net.
- Adds a caption: drawing based on description, not identification of a copy.
Uses paper or a digital drawing; it is not necessary to observe a live animal.
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Time travelTwo ways to count the bridge
The voice that had built above
Around the bridge, memory also invented paths.
Local legend · Ponte de Cavez
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- Choose an episode of legend and a moment of bridge chronology.
- Write next to each the type of source: traditional narrative, parochial memory or news of a work.
- Compare what each account seeks to convey. An episode of the legend does not need to receive a construction date.
A proposal to make at your pace, without collecting copies.
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The life you don't always seeChoose two ways to live in the river
Six species under the surface
A sample shows a small portrait of the Tâmega in Cavez.
Cavez · 2016–2017 monitoring
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- Open two cards and choose a difference: current, power, displacement or origin.
- Read the corresponding stories and write a general feature of each fish.
- On the other hand, it records separately the common location: presence on sampling of Cavez of 2016–2017.
Comparison of sources on the screen; no need to catch fish or enter the river.
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- Biosphere / Iberdrola, APA file — Monitoring of ichthyofauna 2016–2017, February 2018; pp. 5, 35 and 40, station record 22 on p. 175 PDFConsultation/revision: 2026-11-06
- Mora Fluviary — Barbo-common, biology of the speciesConsultation/revision: 2026-11-07
- Municipality of Santa Maria da Feira — Northern Boga, fauna catalogueConsultation/revision: 2026-11-07
- Arouca Geopark — Northern scale, Squalius carolitertii: description and biologyConsultation/revision: 2026-11-07
- ICNF — embroidery, ecology and riverside vegetation, pp. 2–3 (bibliography up to 2005)Consultation/revision: 2026-11-07
- Gaia Biological Park — Gobio, Gobio lozanoi: habitat, food and sizeConsultation/revision: 2026-11-07
- Águeda River Interpretation Center — Sun LossConsultation/revision: 2026-11-07
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The flavours of CabeceirasSave a recipe with your story
A recipe also has someone who teaches it
The kitchen connects people, generations and parishes.
Cavez and Pedraça · transmission of recipe, 2011
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- Choose a recipe that is part of your memory and write the name by which you know it.
- In your notebook or document, register ingredients, gestures and occasions when it was prepared. Separate the quantities you know from those you do not remember.
- Add who taught you, the place and date of your registration. If you collect someone else's memory, confirm with them how you want to be identified before sharing it.
Proposal to make on your own. The site does not receive or store this recipe.
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