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10 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 10 MIN

Follow the water in a picture of 1758

Ten readings accompany the water in the memories of 1758: cultures, margins, mills and differences between parishes. Vila Nune's account also looks at Atei, on the other side of Tâmega. Compares what each author observed, without turning the documents into visiting maps.

3 de 10 histórias com ligação a Cabeceiras de Basto (São Nicolau).

Schemes and collections5 explorações interativas
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What am I gonna find out?
  1. Storing water from the hillside
  2. Two rivers lost their names
  3. Two streams kept six mills working
  4. A river that powered mills but did not irrigate
  5. Work could be seen on the opposite bank
  6. Two rivers meet at Ranha
  7. Water irrigated fields and made olive oil
  8. Bridges put to the winter test
  9. Trout, nase and chub in the river’s memory
  10. The river became part of farming life
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9 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 7 MIN

St Nicholas: water, houses and paths

Nine stories between water, houses and collective life of São Nicolau. From the bridges and mills described in 1758 to the use of water in Covas, compares documents from different times. It continues by architecture, by the old school and by the memory that dances.

9 de 9 histórias com ligação a Cabeceiras de Basto (São Nicolau).

Schemes and collections3 explorações interativas
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What am I gonna find out?
  1. A landscape described in 1758
  2. Bridges put to the winter test
  3. Water irrigated fields and made olive oil
  4. A hollowed log channelled the water’s power
  5. Three houses, three details
  6. Five altars, many stories
  7. When a chapel shortened the journey
  8. The school brought the village together again
  9. A memory you can dance
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White, fan-shaped fungi on a branch, photographed by Pedro Andrade.
Fungus (Schizophyllum commune) · Photography: Pedro Andrade
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Registration in the municipality of . One of the species addressed on this route.

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8 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 8 MIN

Fungus: far beyond the hat

Lights, spores, lichens and five readings with local photographs. Compare shapes on wood and rock and discover what an image reveals or leaves hidden. A path to understand fungi, without identifying species for consumption.

1 de 8 histórias com ligação a Cabeceiras de Basto (São Nicolau).

Schemes and collections6 explorações interativas
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What am I gonna find out?
  1. Some fungi have no cap
  2. A journey almost nobody sees
  3. A lichen is a partnership
  4. Small fans, a life in wood
  5. It looks like a leaf, but it is a partnership
  6. A small landscape on stone
  7. The marks on a cap can change too
  8. Blue in the mushroom, straw-coloured spores
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Granite mill supplied by the Levada de Víbora at Moinhos de Rei, with a waterfall and channel in wooded surroundings. Photograph from 2025.
A mill and the water channel at Moinhos de Rei.© Joseolgonⓘ
9 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 8 MIN

From water to bread

Nine stories to follow the water saved, the levada, the floors of the mill and the way to the table. The reading of Levada de Víbora links these explanations to the landscape of Abadim; the track record retains practical information. A path to read and explore.

1 de 9 histórias com ligação a Cabeceiras de Basto (São Nicolau).

Schemes and collections3 explorações interativas
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What am I gonna find out?
  1. Before milling, water had to be stored
  2. Water had a built route too
  3. Follow the water’s path
  4. Grinding above, movement below
  5. Water had its turn
  6. The Peio made flour too
  7. Maize left its mark on the village
  8. The bread kept the next batch alive
  9. A snack with bread still warm
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8 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 6 MIN

The water that gathered the village

Follow the water between canals, fields and equipment. Compare forms of sharing and discover how an open levada passed the plumbing in Alvite. Historical documents help to read changes in the landscape; do not indicate current conditions of access.

1 de 8 histórias com ligação a Cabeceiras de Basto (São Nicolau).

Schemes and collections1 exploração interativa
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What am I gonna find out?
  1. Two pools, shared water
  2. Four pools and a shared irrigation channel
  3. Water had a calendar
  4. One water supply, several tasks
  5. The Peio made flour too
  6. The stones on the way to the mill
  7. Water had its turn
  8. The water changed its path
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6 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 5 MIN

Painzela, by the way of water

Six readings on water and transformation in Painzela: watering, moving a mill, going to electricity and drawing a garden. Comparing documents and representing the connections. It is a reading route, without displacements.

1 de 6 histórias com ligação a Cabeceiras de Basto (São Nicolau).

Schemes and collections5 explorações interativas
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What am I gonna find out?
  1. Seven users shared the channel
  2. The stream powered the oil mill
  3. When the oil mill changed its power source
  4. Water shapes the garden at Piellas
  5. One house, two centuries in view
  6. Two rivers meet at Ranha
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A small specimen with green leaves beside a tree trunk.
Freixo · Photography: João Lima
About the photograph

Registration in the municipality of . One of the species addressed on this route.

The photograph shows a young ash; it does not document the forest described in the study.

Source: iNaturalist · CC-BY. No editing; screen size adjustment.

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8 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 8 MIN

Water: memory, work and life

From the wooden bridge to the seeds of the alder: eight readings link ancient testimonies, rural work and life on the shores. Each story indicates its time and scope. It is a sequence to read, not a pedestrian itinerary.

4 de 8 histórias com ligação a Cabeceiras de Basto (São Nicolau).

Schemes and collections7 explorações interativas
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What am I gonna find out?
  1. A bridge for loaded carts
  2. Bridges put to the winter test
  3. Water irrigated fields and made olive oil
  4. Seven users shared the channel
  5. Fish that entered the written record
  6. The river has a woodland too
  7. Seeds that travel by water
  8. A small bird that dives
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A cut mushroom held in a hand, with a visible blue area.
Gyroporus cyanescens · Photography: André Ferreira
About the photograph

Registration in the municipality of . One of the species addressed on this route.

Observation of citizen science in Cabeceiras de Basto (São Nicolau), of 27 September 2025. The image of the cut copy is of the observer; it does not represent a demonstration to repeat.

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8 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 7 MIN

The great journeys of small spores

Eight readings to follow the spores: release, wind, drops and insects. A scheme separates the beginning of the journey from the transport; the sequence distinguishes general examples and a local photograph without guiding collection or consumption.

1 de 8 histórias com ligação a Cabeceiras de Basto (São Nicolau).

Schemes and collections6 explorações interativas
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What am I gonna find out?
  1. They look like plants? Look a little deeper
  2. A fungus without a cap
  3. A journey almost nobody sees
  4. A drop can set spores travelling
  5. Spores hitch a ride with insects
  6. A nest without birds
  7. Blue in the mushroom, straw-coloured spores
  8. Some fungi have no cap
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Statue of O Basto in Refojos, with a round shield, pedestal and municipal identification plaque.
Estátua do Basto in Refojos · monument photograph© Joseolgonⓘ
8 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 7 MIN

The marks that time left on the ground

Fossas, villages, sculptures and graves: eight readings bring different times closer to the territory. Follow archaeological interpretations and their uncertainties. It is a reading sequence, not a roadmap for access to sites.

1 de 8 histórias com ligação a Cabeceiras de Basto (São Nicolau).

Schemes and collections4 explorações interativas
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What am I gonna find out?
  1. The ground held stores too
  2. A settlement shaped by the hillside
  3. Tombs and settlement: a connection to investigate
  4. Before the railway, a hillfort
  5. Warriors preserved in stone
  6. Settlement shifted between mountain and valley
  7. Two graves, one direction
  8. A castle read through the ground
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A small specimen with green leaves beside a tree trunk.
Freixo · Photography: João Lima
About the photograph

Registration in the municipality of . One of the species addressed on this route.

The photograph shows a young ash; it does not document the forest described in the study.

Source: iNaturalist · CC-BY. No editing; screen size adjustment.

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7 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 6 MIN

A river beyond the surface

Seven stories to follow the water to the Douro and discover life under the surface. Explores the layers of the river, accompanies the transformation of an insect and draws a food network. Local references and dated studies are distinguished from general explanations of ecology.

1 de 7 histórias com ligação a Cabeceiras de Basto (São Nicolau).

Schemes and collections6 explorações interativas
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What am I gonna find out?
  1. The water here reaches the Douro too
  2. There is water beneath the ground too
  3. Water brings power and irrigates fields
  4. The river has a woodland too
  5. Tiny shelters beneath the water
  6. A fish’s menu can include insects
  7. River life tells a story too
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7 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 6 MIN

What was at the table in 1758?

Seven stories to compare fields, hills and pantry of Abadim, Rio Douro, Vila Nune, Faia, São Nicolau, Bucos and Alvite. Draws a landscape of words, distinguishes what was produced from what was bought and followed by the cereal until the bread. The sources conserve their times: in Faia, the old description is compared with the municipal presentation.

1 de 7 histórias com ligação a Cabeceiras de Basto (São Nicolau).

Schemes and collections6 explorações interativas
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What am I gonna find out?
  1. Within one parish, the harvest changed
  2. From valley to hill, the harvest changed
  3. They made wine, but bought bread
  4. In Faia, fruit matters too
  5. Not all grain was the same
  6. Three grains in one landscape
  7. There was more than maize in the fields
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6 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 7 MIN

mountains animals, stories of people

Six readings link the domestic Garrano, the shepherding and fauna described in 1758 to the food and family life of the wolf. Compares sources and draws a changing pack. Memories and regional references are not sighting routes.

1 de 6 histórias com ligação a Cabeceiras de Basto (São Nicolau).

Schemes and collections3 explorações interativas
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What am I gonna find out?
  1. A small horse with a mountain stride
  2. At dusk, livestock returned home
  3. The herd was the village’s concern too
  4. Animals in an old portrait
  5. A landscape is food too
  6. The Iberian wolf
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