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A LITTLE CURIOITY, MANY IDEA

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Make it your own.

Draw, compare, observe or imagine: small proposals linked to the stories of Cabeceiras, with steps and sources.

They are activities to explore at your pace, not events with registration. The indicated time is that of reading support.

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8 proposals in this selection

Between rivers and mountains

Homes, paths and work

A road helps to read the Faia

Not all villages are organized around a single center.

Faia · municipal description of the settlement

See the 3 steps
  1. Draw a line to represent, schematically, the EN206 mentioned in the text.
  2. On the other hand, write agriculture, viticulture, tannaria and footwear; do not assign this work to specific houses.
  3. Explain the difference between this reading scheme and a map to guide a shift.

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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Support reading: about 1 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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Crafts and memories

Compare two portraits of Faia

Roots and light give another life to the chapel

In Lady of Amparo, the materials also tell a story.

Faia · sacred art, 2025

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  1. Read the history of the chapels described in 1758 and this reading about the intervention of 2025.
  2. On a sheet, separate what each source describes: location and relationships with the community; materials, light and artistic creation.
  3. Write down a question that remains unanswered. The old reference does not allow dating each part of the current building.

A comparison of sources to make at home; does not require access to the interior of the chapel.

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Support reading: about 2 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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Crafts and memories

Builds the idea on paper

The wood also keeps the wine

Pipes, barrels and barrels tell a business story.

crafts · Faia, Basto and Refojos

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  1. Draw a container with several vertical pieces and two or three rims around it.
  2. Identify the plasters and rims; mark which parts form the wall and which parts involve it.
  3. Compare with the wooden punch of the reading of Outeiro. Write a difference between digging/disguising one piece and joining several.

Conceptual scheme on paper, without reproducing tools or a local workshop.

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Support reading: about 2 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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The flavours of Cabeceiras

Fruit of yesterday, words of today

At Faia, the fruit also counts

Cherries, wine and olive oil help you discover this agricultural landscape.

Faia · agriculture and food memory

See the 3 steps
  1. Split a sheet into two parts: memory of 1758 and municipal presentation.
  2. It places 'fruit' on the first and 'cherries' on the second, following the sources.
  3. Compared with Vila Nune: what products are highlighted and what is said about cereal?

Comparing times does not prove that a culture has remained the same among them.

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Support reading: about 1 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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Crafts and memories

Imagine an initiative for the parish

Friends of Faia

A community story started in 2006.

Associative memory · Faia

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  1. Choose one of the four dimensions of the association name.
  2. Write down an idea of activity and tell who it would be intended for.
  3. Separate your proposal from documented history: the idea is yours, not an initiative announced by the association.

A proposal to create on paper, without registration or submission of data.

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Support reading: about 1 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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Time travel

Read the names carefully

A parish told by sixteen places

In 1758, the Faia appears as a network of small places.

Faia · settlement described in 1758

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  1. Choose three names from the list of 1758 and copy them as they appear in the reading.
  2. Compare this description with the history of EN206. What elements help each source present the settlement?
  3. It marks the date of the ancient testimony and leaves no confirmation of any equivalence between historical names and current places.

A documentary comparison; it is not a proposal to locate houses or draw borders.

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Support reading: about 2 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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Crafts and memories

Sets a historical calendar

The year was also counted by the fairs

The Abbot of Faia left a calendar that went beyond the parish.

Faia · witness on municipality fairs in 1758

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  1. Mark July and September on a sheet with the dates and duration indicated.
  2. It marks apart the monthly fair of the day 2.
  3. Write with each reference if the source identifies the place or if that information is not in this reading.

The exercise retains the testimony of 1758; it is not for planning visits to current fairs.

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Support reading: about 1 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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Time travel

Look at the facade.

The Tojeira hasn't stopped in a century

An old house is also made up of transformations.

Faia · historical reading of architecture

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  1. In the photograph, look for the staircase, the balcony and the organization of the windows.
  2. Choose two details and draw the position you occupy on the facade.
  3. Separate what you can see from what you learned at the source: the image itself does not date the works.

A proposal to make at your pace, without collecting copies.

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Support reading: about 1 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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