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Landscape at Zona de Banhos da Ranha.
View of Ranha in municipal photography; it is not a record of the phases of the work.ⓘ
5 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 5 MIN

There is life between water and earth

A restored margin, preserved fetuses, wastelands and a stream in the center of the village. Five stories to know the relationship of Cabeceiras with its watercourses. It is a reading route, not a pedestrian itinerary.

1 de 5 histórias com ligação a Abadim.

Things to try5 activities · 5 interactive explorations · 2 questions
Entrar por Abadim →Começar pelo início →Read all below →
What am I gonna find out?
  1. The river has a woodland too
  2. Wood, stone and coir on the banks of the Peio
  3. Clearing a stream means knowing what to leave
  4. On the common lands, woodland meets waterways
  5. A stream in the story of Casa do Tempo
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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.

1 de 10 histórias com ligação a Abadim.

Things to try7 activities · 5 interactive explorations · 3 questions
Entrar por Abadim →Começar pelo início →Read all below →
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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Landscape at Trilho de Torrinheiras.
Landscape of Trilho de Torrinheiras© Ze Nunoⓘ
9 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 9 MIN

Abadim: marks on the landscape

Nine stories to connect the mountains, fields and water to the marks of local power. Observes tower and pillory, compares the administration of 1758 and discovers two dates in Casa da Ramada. It is a reading route without indicating a walk or access to the buildings.

9 de 9 histórias com ligação a Abadim.

Things to try5 activities · 2 interactive explorations · 6 questions
Entrar por Abadim →Read all below →
What am I gonna find out?
  1. A village above a thousand metres
  2. Within one parish, the harvest changed
  3. From settlement to farmstead
  4. Stone preserved drawings too
  5. Two streams kept six mills working
  6. Flour brought revenue to the king too
  7. A tower worth looking at slowly
  8. A star on the pillory
  9. Two dates do not tell a house’s whole story
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Water capture for mills, documented by the Museu das Terras de Basto.
Water capture for mills, documented by the Museu das Terras de Basto.
Source: Museu das Terras de Basto
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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.

2 de 9 histórias com ligação a Abadim.

Things to try6 activities · 3 interactive explorations · 6 questions
Entrar por Abadim →Começar pelo início →Read all below →
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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Loom and threads at Casa da Lã in Bucos.
Loom and threads at Casa da Lã in Bucos.
Source: Municipality of Cabeceiras de Basto
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8 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 7 MIN

The hand-made mountains

Eight stories about between help, water, harvests, wool, fabrics and materials of the houses. Find out how the work connected the villages to the fairs and try to organize a wheel of shifts on paper. It is a reading route, without displacements.

1 de 8 histórias com ligação a Abadim.

Things to try6 activities · 4 interactive explorations · 5 questions
Entrar por Abadim →Começar pelo início →Read all below →
What am I gonna find out?
  1. The herd was the village’s concern too
  2. Water had its turn
  3. Maize left its mark on the village
  4. Clothing for mountain life
  5. Textiles that left the village
  6. Water worked the wool too
  7. Stone walls, thatched roofs
  8. Learning a craft beside a master
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A corner of Carrazedo, Bucos, with a fountain, stone cross and stone buildings.
Place linked to this story: Carrazedo© Pedro from Maia (Porto), Portugalⓘ
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 Abadim.

Things to try5 activities · 1 interactive exploration · 5 questions
Entrar por Abadim →Começar pelo início →Read all below →
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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Landscape at Trilho de Torrinheiras.
Landscape of Trilho de Torrinheiras© Ze Nunoⓘ
9 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 8 MIN

From the mountain to the river: read the landscape

Nine stories to situate Cabeceiras: mountains, altitudes, villages, rivers and fields. It runs through Passos and Outeiro, opens the trout–Peio scheme and then follows the network to Douro. They are relationships to explore in reading, without indicating distances or an itinerary on the ground.

1 de 9 histórias com ligação a Abadim.

Things to try8 activities · 6 interactive explorations · 5 questions
Entrar por Abadim →Começar pelo início →Read all below →
What am I gonna find out?
  1. Cabreira, Barroso and Lameira
  2. From mountains to valley, the map changes height
  3. A village above a thousand metres
  4. A mountain and a river to locate Passos
  5. The Tâmega traces the boundary
  6. A small river shapes the map too
  7. The water here reaches the Douro too
  8. Peio, Ouro and the Cavez stream
  9. The river helps explain the fields too
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