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

Comparing arc shapes

History of Cavez Bridge

Five arches, more than one era

Three central pointed arches and two round arches beside the banks: the Bridge of Cavez brings together different forms and periods. The Museum dates the medieval construction to the second half of the 13th century, serving the road between Braga and Vila Pouca de Aguiar. The source attributes the round arches to work during Philip II’s reign and mentions a marker from 1599. In the 19th century, the road between Fafe and Vila Pouca de Aguiar brought a widening of the deck. Looking at the bridge means seeking the changes in an old crossing. According to the Museum, the stone bridge replaced an earlier wooden one that had deteriorated. Construction is attributed to Frei Lourenço Mendes, a Dominican who collected alms for the work; the museum text mentions testamentary bequests supporting that connection. The crossing thus involves materials, routes and ways to fund a shared undertaking.

Vamos experimentar?

1. Draw an arc pointed and another semicircular, from the descriptions.
2. Associate the three central openings and the two sides to the forms indicated in the text.
3. 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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Sources of this proposal

• Land Museum of Basto — Ponte de Cavez, 27/02/2022Consultation/revision: 2026-11-07
• Municipality of Cabeceiras de Basto — Parish memories of 1758: CavezConsultation/revision: 2026-11-07
• Municipality — conclusion of rehabilitation of Ponte de Cavez, 30/04/2019Consultation/revision: 2026-11-07

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

• Municipality — Gondiães e Vilar de Cunhas, landscape, heritage and craftsConsultation/revision: 2026-11-07

My findings

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

PROPOSTA 3 DE 3 · Read the landscape through the plants

Try observing

Hillside crops · olive botany

One leaf, two sides

The municipality’s landscape description includes olive trees on the hillsides of Cabeceiras. The cultivated olive has leaves that are grey-green above and silvery-grey beneath, where hairs grow. Its small flowers have four white petals joined at the base. The fruit is the olive, an oil-rich drupe. The University of Évora’s description follows the change from green to reddish and dark shades during ripening, but also mentions forms that remain green when ripe. Colour alone does not tell the fruit’s whole story. The connection from tree to olive oil continues in the story of the Ramil oil mill. The profile distinguishes the cultivated olive from its wild form, known in Portuguese as zambujeiro. The latter is described as having smaller leaves and fruits and thorny lower branches. This comparison shows why a single feature, such as the silvery underside of a leaf, does not explain every difference. The olive is evergreen: it retains foliage throughout the year. You can therefore return to the same tree in different seasons and compare leaves, flowers and fruits, without expecting to find them all at once.

Vamos experimentar?

1. Observes the photograph: draw the contour and the central nerve of the sheet.
2. The image does not show the two sides of the same sheet. Separate what you see from what the text explains on the lower face.
3. If you observe an olive tree throughout the year, record separately leaves, flowers and fruits, without taking off material.

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

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Sources of this proposal

• University of Évora — Virtual Museum of Biodiversity, Olea europaeaConsultation/revision: 2026-11-07
• Municipality — landscape and vegetationConsultation/revision: 2026-11-07

My findings

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