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

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PROPOSTA 1 DE 3 · Time travel

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Gondiães e Vilar de Cunhas · memory and landscape

A house with three granaries

In Casa de Chouzas, three 19th-century granaries join the solarengo building highlighted by the Municipality. The set approximates two functions: inhabit and guard the harvest. Instead of looking only at the main house, it is also worth recognizing the importance of agricultural support constructions. The presentation of Vilar de Cunhas places this heritage in a plateau and mountain landscape, marked by agriculture and pastoral care. The house and the granaries can be read in this work context, without the source detailing the production of each property. The dating of the house is less firm: the municipality presents it as perhaps 19th century, while assigning the granaries to the 19th century. This difference must remain visible. The photo accompanying the reading shows the portal; it does not show the three granaries. The asset reference does not confirm access to the set.

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.

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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 2 DE 3 · Read the landscape through the plants

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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.

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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.

PROPOSTA 3 DE 3 · Read the landscape through the plants

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Common names used in the source

Strawberry tree, carqueja and gorse

Strawberry tree, carqueja, gorse and honeysuckle appear in the municipality’s description of mountain vegetation. The source also links upland scrub to grazing goats, cattle and sheep, distinguishing it from cultivated pasture lower down. Scrub is therefore part of a landscape of plants, animals and work. These common names are starting points for learning about vegetation, not identifications of every plant you encounter. The municipal account relates this vegetation to changing land use: it mentions the partial replacement of oaks, chestnuts and scrub by maritime pine. Reading the landscape therefore also means asking what was planted and what changed. One green patch may hold stories of grazing, cultivation and forestry. Start by choosing a detail in the next stories: a carqueja stem, gorse spines, the strawberry tree’s flowers and fruits, or honeysuckle’s place at the woodland edge. Each question brings you closer without requiring you to identify every plant already.

Vamos experimentar?

1. In a landscape design, use different symbols for trees, shrubs and fields.
2. Compare the spots: where you find continuity and where there are intervals? You can do the exercise from a photograph.
3. Choose one of the plans of this story and open the related reading to discover a detail.

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

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Sources of this proposal

• Municipality — landscape and vegetationConsultation/revision: 2026-11-07
• Municipality — landscape heritage: vegetation, agriculture and pastoral careConsultation/revision: 2026-11-07

My findings

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