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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.

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

PROPOSTA 1 DE 2 · Between rivers and mountains

Sits the municipality in four directions

Geographical framework

The Tâmega traces the boundary

The Tâmega follows much of Cabeceiras’s southern and south-eastern boundary. To the east, the municipality’s geographical introduction mentions the River Bessa. Water therefore helps locate the territory, alongside the mountains to the north and west. The neighbouring municipalities to the south are Celorico de Basto and Mondim de Basto; Ribeira de Pena lies to the east. These references offer a starting point for reading the map before moving on to bridges, fields and the tributary network. Complete the picture by looking to the other sides: Montalegre and Boticas to the north, Vieira do Minho to the north-west and Fafe to the west. Cabreira and Barroso frame the north; the Serra da Lameira frames the west. Administrative boundaries and the water network are two different ways to read the same territory: follow the tributaries next to see where the water goes.

Vamos experimentar?

  1. Draws a rose from the simple winds, with north, south, spring and west.
  2. Places the Tâmega south and southeast, the Bessa the spring and the mountains on the sides indicated by the text.
  3. Opens the river network and compares: what are the boundaries of the territory and what are water connections?

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 2 DE 2 · 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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