Two ways to count
Cunhas · heritage and legends in the municipal guide
A village between a manor and two legends
The municipal guide of the villages highlights in Cunhas a nucleus of concentrated old houses and the manor of Teixeira Pereiras. It is a reference to the architecture of the village, without indication of access to the interior of the building. The same guide tells two legends: one associates the name of Cunhas to a soldier called Cunha de Pau, linked to the fight against the Moors; another says that Santa Senhorinha had had house in the locality. They are narratives of popular memory. The publication does not present them as proven events nor allows us to locate a house of the saint.
Vamos experimentar?
- He writes two titles on a sheet: referred heritage and told legend.
- Distribute for them the elements of this story.
- Choose one of the legends and imagine an illustration, identifying it as your creation inspired by the narrative.
It distinguishes the oral tradition of a proven event; the design does not reconstruct a historical building.
Open a história e os seus recursos →Sources of this proposal
- Municipality — Village Guide of Serra da Cabreira: landscape, work and heritageConsultation/revision: 2026-11-07
My findings
An idea, a drawing or a question to go on.