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A notebook.
Your findings.

Up to six proposals of Cabeceiras, in your own order, to do it at home, in company or on a break.

3 de 6 propostas escolhidas · faça-as ao seu ritmo.

PROPOSTA 1 DE 3 · Travel through time

A skill map

Alvite · the couto’s administration in 1758

One place, two jurisdictions

The São Pedro de Alvite account distinguishes civil matters, linked with the abbot and convent of Refojos, from criminal matters, assigned to the judge of the municipality of Cabeceiras. The couto therefore had an organisation that cannot be reduced to a line on a map. This is a historical description, with no correspondence to current administration. One important territorial distinction remains: the answer places Petimão in the jurisdiction of Celorico de Basto. The couto’s powers are described for the other settlements, avoiding a reading of the whole parish as a single jurisdiction.

Vamos experimentar?

  1. Divide a sheet in civil matters and criminal matters.
  2. It shall place on the columns the authorities referred to for the posts of the trust.
  3. Checks Petimão separately with the link to Celorico indicated in the document.

The scheme represents the description of 1758, not the limits or services of the current administration.

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Sources of this proposal

My findings

An idea, a drawing or a question to go on.

PROPOSTA 2 DE 3 · Travel through time

Try observing

Gondiães and Vilar de Cunhas · memory and landscape

A house with three granaries

At Casa de Chouzas, three 19th-century granaries stand alongside the manor house highlighted by the municipality. The group connects two functions: living and storing the harvest. Rather than looking only at the main house, it is worth recognising the importance of buildings supporting agriculture. The introduction to Vilar de Cunhas places this heritage in a landscape of plateau and mountain, shaped by farming and pastoralism. House and granaries can be read in that working context, although the source does not detail each property’s production. The house’s dating is less firm: the municipality presents it as perhaps 19th-century, while assigning the granaries to the 19th century. That difference should remain visible. The photograph accompanying the reading shows the portal, not the three granaries. The heritage reference does not confirm access to the group.

Vamos experimentar?

  1. Look at the photo of the portal and list only the elements you can see.
  2. Compared to the three granaries mentioned in the text: what depends on the written description?
  3. Imagine a caption that distinguishes the frame of the photograph from the remaining patrimonial set.

An activity to try at your own pace, without collecting specimens.

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Sources of this proposal

My findings

An idea, a drawing or a question to go on.

PROPOSTA 3 DE 3 · Crafts and memories

Compare two portraits of Faia

Faia · sacred art, 2025

Roots and light renew a chapel

Olive-tree roots shaped the new altar and ambo in the chapel of Nossa Senhora do Amparo. The Archdiocese of Braga’s report of 6 October 2025 attributes the work to Atelier Amadeus and describes a refurbishment centred on the altar. A suspended cross forms part of the element called Corpo de Luz. Parish priest Rui Filipe Marques Araújo explained the lighting’s symbolism: groups of lights refer to the Trinity, the Evangelists and the Apostles. The publication also highlights the contribution of artists, technicians, workers and the community. The intervention shows heritage continuing to gain new forms and meanings; the 2025 report does not give visiting hours. The account presents the celebration, presided over by José Cordeiro, as a gathering of Faia with the communities of Arco de Baúlhe and Vila Nune. The choice of roots also receives a religious interpretation: according to the priest, transforming previously discarded material expresses renewal and redemption. This is the symbolic reading attributed to him in the report, distinct from the description of the materials. To understand the work, we can look at both layers: how it was made and the meaning given to it.

Vamos experimentar?

  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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Sources of this proposal

My findings

An idea, a drawing or a question to go on.

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